Financing public health: Diminished funding for core needs and state-by-state variation in support

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Levi, Jeffrey ^a   Juliano, Chrissie ^a   Richardson, Maxwell ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Core funding and functions; Federal funding; Public health funding; State funding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH ECONOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 33847025284     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124784-200703000-00004     Document Type: Article

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