Where there's a will, is there a way?: Is New Zealand's publicly funded health sector able to steer towards population health?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1143-1152

  Tenbensel, Tim ^a   Cumming, Jacqueline ^b   Ashton, Toni ^a   Barnett, Pauline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community participation; Health policy; New Zealand; Population health; Priority setting; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 48949101705     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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