title: From whom the bell tolls: WHO and health care in the developing world.
abstract: Per capita expenditure on health is low in developing countries. Distribution of health care resources reflects the tension among perceived health priorities. Medical perceptions of "best care" generate expectations of technologically advanced, hospital-based, urban care within a staged referral system. World Health Organization presses a decentralized model for accessible, acceptable illness care linked with education for prevention, infrastructure development and peripheral responsibility.
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003906:Developing Countries; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006761:Hospitals; D014944:World Health Organization