Recent advances in public health systems research in the united states

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue , 2010, Pages 283-295

  Van Wave, Timothy W ^a   Scutchfield, F Douglas ^b   Honoré, Peggy A ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Southern Mississippi ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Health reform; Infrastructure; Network analysis; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952690866     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103550     Document Type: Review

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