Health departments' implementation of public health's core functions: An assessment of health impacts

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-21

  Ford, E W ^a   Duncan, W J ^b   Ginter, P M ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Public health; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); LINEAR MODELS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10244229091     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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