Interjurisdictional collaboration: Local public health officials versus county commissioners

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Felton, John ^a   Golbeck, Amanda L ^b  

^a RiverStone Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration barriers; collaboration policy; collaboration reasons; collaboration scale; decentralized system

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MONTANA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78650827098     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181f54282     Document Type: Article

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