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Finally, strong arguments can be made that cost-effective-ness analysis fails to capture important dimensions of the indi-vidual utility and thus the social welfare that accrues fromthe provision of health services, especially those relating tohigh-cost and low-frequency are, therefore, highly skeptical about the feasibility ofproposing a formulaic and purely quantitative response to thequestion of how to achieve an appropriate allocation ofresources to the referral hospital level. Although perhaps unsat-isfying for some readers, this chapter attempts instead to providean overview of the critical features of and challenges relating toreferral hospital care in developing countries and a guide to themany issues that decision makers face in setting policy for thislevel of care . We suggest that planners need to adopt a far morequalitative and intuitive approach to deciding on the appropri-ate allocation of resources for referral hospitals than for otherhealth care interventions.
Range of Clinical Services Provided The primary function of the referral hospital is to provide complex clinical care to patients referred from lower levels;
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