Public health and business: A partnership that makes cents

Health Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1029-1039

  Simon, Paul A ^a,b   Fielding, Jonathan E ^c,d,e  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LA County Department of Health Services

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INVESTMENTS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746891868     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.4.1029     Document Type: Review

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