Aligning public health financing with essential public health service functions and national public health performance standards

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-306

  Brooks, Robert G ^a   Beitsch, Leslie M ^a   Street, Phil ^b   Chukmaitov, Askar ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Public health; Public health ?nancing; Public health accreditation; Public health essential services; Public health performance standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

BUDGETS; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; FLORIDA; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650932067     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181a02074     Document Type: Article

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