Returns on investment in public health: Effect of public health expenditures on infant health, 1983-1990

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-18

  Becker, Edmund R ^a,b   Principe, Kris ^c   Adams, E Kathleen ^a   Teutsch, Steven M ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant health; Investment in public health; Prenatal care; Public health expenditures; Teenage births

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031679891     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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