Perceived Outcomes of Public Health Privatization: A National Survey of Local Health Department Directors

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-137

  Keane, Christopher ^a   Marx, John ^b   Ricci, Edmund ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COST; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIVATIZATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035230995     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00198     Document Type: Article

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