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October 2007, Vol 97, No. 10 | American Journal of Public Health 1733
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.116772

LETTER

LEROY ET AL. RESPOND

Jef L. Leroy, PhD, MSc, Jean-Pierre Habicht, MD, PhD, MPH, Gretel Pelto, PhD, MA and Stefano M. Bertozzi, MD, PhD

Jef L. Leroy and Stefano M. Bertozzi are with the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica), Cuernavaca, Mexico. Stefano M. Bertozzi is also with the Center for Economics Research and Education, Mexico City, and the University of California, Berkeley. Jean-Pierre Habicht and Gretel Pelto are with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jef L. Leroy, PhD, MSc, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Avenida Universidad No. 655, Col. Sta. María Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico 62508 (e-mail: jleroy@correo.insp.mx).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

We read Woolf and Johnson’s letter with great interest. The similarity of the findings for developing countries and the United States is impressive,1 as they reflect the influence of the shared assumptions in the research community that lead to low investments in research to improve the fidelity (quality) of health care delivery and utilization.

We have a slight correction to make to their letter. Our research shows that 6 million (not 4 million) lives can be saved by improved delivery and utilization without any additional or improved technology. In addition, 2 million children could be saved by new technology (for . . . [Full Text]






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