Social networks and best practices in public health: The example of regional billing groups

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-546

  Whitmer, Deborah A ^a   Hawley, Suzanne R ^b   Orr, Shirley A ^a   Romain, Theresa St ^b   Molgaard, Craig A ^b  

^a KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care finance; Insurance; Rural health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KANSAS; MEDICAL SECRETARIES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750733270     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00594.x     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. Baker, E. L., Melton, R. J., Stange, P. V., Fields, M. L., Koplan, J. P., Guerra, F. A., et al. (1994). Health reform and the health of the public: Forging community health partnerships. JAMA, 272(16), 1276-1282.
2. Casey, M. M., Wellever, A., & Moscovice, I. (1997). Rural health network development: Public policy issues and state initiatives. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 22(1), 23-47.
3. Center for Studying Health System Change. (1996). Tracking changes in the public health system: What researchers need to know to monitor and evaluate these changes. Center for Studying Health System Change Issue Brief, 2(2), 1-4.
4. Hajat, A., Stewart, K., & Hayes, K. L. (2003). The local public health workforce in rural communities. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 9(6), 481-488.
5. Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Local and Rural Health. (2004). Primary care HPSAs, August 2004. Retrieved August 15, 2005, from http://www.kdhe.state.ks.us/olrh/download/PChpsaMap.pdf
6. Kansas Rural Health Options Project. (2003). Kansas rural health policy agenda. Topeka, KS: Kansas Health Institute.
7. Mueller, K. J., Coburn, A., Cordes, S., Crittenden, R., Hart, J. P., McBride, T., et al. (1999). The changing landscape of health care financing and delivery: How are rural communities and providers responding? Milbank Quarterly, 77(4), 485-510.
8. Rapsilber, L. M., & Anderson, E. H. (2000). Understanding the reimbursement process. The Nurse Practitioner, 25(5), 36-43, 46 passim.
9. Simpson, R. L. (2001). Government cracks down on billing fraud. Nursing Management, 32(7), 10-11.
10. Smith, K., & Bazini-Barakat, N. (2003). A public health nursing practice model: Melding public health principles with the nursing process. Public Health Nursing, 20(1), 42-48.
11. United Health Foundation. (2005). Percent of health dollars for public health. Retrieved August 16, 2005, from http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/ shr2004/components /percentph.html
12. Wall, S. (1998). Transformations in public health systems. Health Affairs, 17(3), 64-80.