title: Chapter 3. Public health resources.
abstract: THE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF THEIR THREE MAIN COMPONENTS: manpower, physical resources, and finances in relation to population. The observational data from the Republic of Korea provide an illustration of the problems of resource availability and utilization, with special reference to tuberculosis control. A calculation of resource and population constraints and estimates of the basic inputs required by tuberculosis control technology are presented. Data on the 1965 level of Korean health resources are given in the Annex to this chapter.