Making the case for using financial indicators in local public health agencies

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-425

  Suarez, Virginia ^a   Lesneski, Cheryll ^b   Denison, Dwight ^c  

^a Department of Clinical Quality Assurance ^*  (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951658233     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.194555     Document Type: Article

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