Global comparative assessments in the health sector : disease burden, expenditures, and intervention packages collected reprints from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization / edited by C.J.L. Murray, A.D. Lopez.

Geneva : World Health Organization, 1994.

viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Global burden of disease -- Quantifying the burden of disease: the technical basis for disability-adjusted life years / C.J.L. Murray -- Global and regional cause-of-death patterns in 1990 / C.J.L. Murray & A.D. Lopez -- Quantifying disability: data, methods and results / C.J.L. Murray & A.D. Lopez -- The global burden of disease in 1990: summary results, sensitivity analysis and future directions / C.J.L. Murray, A.D. Lopez, & D.T. Jamison -- Health expenditures and intervention packages: a global overview -- National health expenditures: a global analysis / C.J.L. Murray, R. Govindaraj & P. Musgrove -- External assistance to the health sector in developing countries: a detailed analysis, 1972-90 / C. Michaud & C.J.L. Murray -- Design, content and financing of an essential national package of health services / J.-L. Bobadilla ... [et al.] -- Cost-effectiveness analysis and policy choices: investing in health systems / C.J.L. Murray, J. Kreuser, & W. Whang.

Includes bibliographical references and index