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Regional Health Planning<br />

are propo.~sd in tile Revelle et al., Feldstein, and Iirystynak papers. Thie first twn<br />

are con(erne(d , ith tluh(reulosis a¡n( tihe last w¡ithl rheulmatie fev(er. ieveli. et al.<br />

lirst posthiltited a deseriptive mod(ll of tlul)erculosis el)hilniiolehgy for a ¢hvehloling<br />

lnation i¡t order to evaluate tier eost eftetive)e'ss of various metilods of control.<br />

Tihe des(ril)tive model ean ihe formulated as a linear program. The solution of the<br />

iin¿eaJr-l)ro>gr'i n)iig motl, yieldlM tie miiiiininl-cost metilod for attaining a given<br />

reduittlti-l it ltul rcutilar. c:s.s h ti iitg :1a S.t.i ilic ti t i i;ridl. ol,<br />

FIeldstein proposes a tube(rculo.sis plianiting model for use ini developing eountrie(s.<br />

This model selects thi( set of activities that woulld maximiz(! tio total econonmic<br />

benefit for given resource coistraints. It consilders the interrelations of public-<br />

Ix)lircy I>re('f,

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