PMID- 4020076
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850919
LR  - 20190919
IS  - 0361-6878 (Print)
IS  - 0361-6878 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 1985 Spring
TI  - Heuristic approaches to decision-making in the delivery of primary health care 
      within developing regions.
PG  - 157-80
AB  - The delivery of primary health care (PHC) services is now recognized as a crucial 
      element in the development of low-income regions. Effective delivery of these 
      services requires the ability to solve a variety of policy decision problems. 
      Research has demonstrated the utility of operations research/management science 
      (OR/MS) models and methodologies in the analysis and solution of such problems. 
      However, this approach may be limited in some regions by the data and 
      computational requirements of the models. Intuitive approaches in the spirit of 
      OR/MS models, termed heuristics, can provide an effective alternative in such 
      cases. The current paper proposes a general heuristic procedure for solving 
      problems of PHC delivery in developing regions. The heuristic is applied, in 
      detail, to the problem of identifying "best" community financing schemes for PHC 
      services in low-income sections of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
FAU - Parker, B R
AU  - Parker BR
FAU - Lassner, K J
AU  - Lassner KJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Health Polit Policy Law
JT  - Journal of health politics, policy and law
JID - 7609331
SB  - IM
MH  - *Decision Making
MH  - *Delivery of Health Care
MH  - *Developing Countries
MH  - Models, Theoretical
MH  - Policy Making
MH  - *Primary Health Care
OID - PIP: 033630
OID - POP: 00154908
OTO - PIP
OT  - *Data Analysis
OT  - Delivery Of Health Care
OT  - *Developing Countries
OT  - Fees
OT  - Financial Activities
OT  - Funds
OT  - Health
OT  - Health Services
OT  - *Health Services Administration
OT  - *Management
OT  - *Medicine
OT  - *Operations Research
OT  - *Organization And Administration
OT  - *Planning
OT  - *Planning Methodology
OT  - *Primary Health Care
OT  - Privately Sponsored Programs
OT  - Research Methodology
OT  - *Systems Analysis
GN  - PIP: TJ: JOURNAL OF HEALTH POLITICS, POLICY AND LAW.
EDAT- 1985/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1985/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1985/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1985/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1215/03616878-10-1-157 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Health Polit Policy Law. 1985 Spring;10(1):157-80. doi: 
      10.1215/03616878-10-1-157.