Planning primary health services from a body count?

Jean-Pierre Habicht, Peter A. Berman
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We were asked to comment on two other papers in this series. One using statistical simulation techniques to identify effective health care interventions permits us to discuss some common statistical and logical mistakes which result in wrong prescriptions. These include the old chestnuts of mixing apples with pears into aggregate measures of health, and of assuming that a chain of causes is a causal chain. The other article reviews the utility of actual health care programs and touches on community and organizational factors that make or break otherwise well-designed health care interventions. We now have the silver bullets of disease prevention and cure to fell most of the werewolves of ill health in developing areas. However, we lack the rifles to fire these bullets. Another article in this series exhorts us to polish the bullets we have and make more of them. We feel the rifles are more urgent.

根据死亡人数规划初级卫生服务?
我们被要求对这个系列的另外两篇论文发表评论。一个使用统计模拟技术来确定有效的卫生保健干预措施,使我们能够讨论一些常见的统计和逻辑错误,导致错误的处方。其中包括把苹果和梨混合在一起作为健康的综合衡量标准,以及假设因果链就是因果链。另一篇文章回顾了实际医疗保健计划的效用,并触及了社区和组织因素,这些因素决定了设计良好的医疗保健干预措施的成败。我们现在有预防和治疗疾病的灵丹妙药,可以消灭发展中地区大多数身体不健康的狼人。然而,我们缺乏发射这些子弹的步枪。本系列的另一篇文章鼓励我们打磨现有的子弹,制造更多的子弹。我们觉得来复枪更紧急。
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