3193.0: Monday, November 13, 2000: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

International Health Posters I: Financing and TB

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Board 1Cost-Effectiveness of Operational Approaches to the Polio Eradication Campaign
Ann Levin, PHD, MPH, Sujata Ram, MPH
Board 2A panel analysis study of the determinants of health care expenditures in 12 OECD countries, 1960-1997
Yvana A. Chiha, PhDcandidate, Panos G. Kanavos, PhD, Charles R. Link, PhD
Board 3Cost-effectiveness of serotesting vs. presumptive immunization for varicella in new immigrants
Demian Christiansen, BA, Marisol Figueira, MD, Elizabeth D. Barnett, MD, Carol J. Simon, PhD
Board 4Equity in the health sector in Guatemala and Mali
Marty Makinen, PhD, Ricardo Bitran, PhD
Board 5Field Lessons in Community Health Financing in Africa
Janet C. Edmond, MPH, Allison Gamble Kelley, MA
Board 6Full cost of medical education: A costing model with broad applicability in the developing world
Andrew C. Beggs, MM, William J. Bicknell, MD, MPH, Phi Van Tham, BscBA, MPH
Board 7Funneling debt relief to increased funding of child vaccines: Immunizations as a key component of poverty reduction strategies
Alan Fairbank, PhD, Whitney Schott
Board 8Improving hospital cost recovery in economic hard times: The nuts & bolts of cash registers
Ian Sliney, MPH, Jay Clark, MHA, Silas Njiru, BA, Zahra Hassanali, MEd, S.K. Sharif, MBChB
Board 9Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: The Challenge of Eliminating Disparities in Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes
Mercedes Becerra, DSc, Carole D. Mitnick, MSc, Jim Yong Kim, MD, PhD, Paul E Farmer, MD, PhD
Board 10Transnational Collaborative Model for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Ralph Timperi, MPH, Alex Sloutsky, PhD, Federico Yañez, MD, Alejandra Prado, MD, Leonid Heifits, MD, PhD, Michael Iseman, MD, Barbara Werner, PhD, Paul Elvin, BA, Jaime Bayona, MD, MPH, Sonya S Shin, MD, Jennifer J Furin, MD, PhD, Anne M Hyson, BA, Paul E Farmer, MD, PhD
Sponsor:International Health
Cosponsors:Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Disability Forum

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA