Getting what you pay for: Public health spending and the performance of essential public health services

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 435-443

  Mays, Glen P ^a   McHugh, Megan C ^b   Shim, Kyumin ^c   Lenaway, Dennis ^c   Halverson, Paul K ^a   Moonesinghe, Ramal ^c   Honoré, Peggy ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

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

^d Mississippi State Department of Health   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

performance measurement; public health administration; public health financing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544364203     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200409000-00011     Document Type: Article

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