Resource allocation in public health practice: A national survey of local public health officials

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-274

  Baum, Nancy M ^a   Desroches, Catherine ^c   Campbell, Eric G ^c   Goold, Susan Dorr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Local public health officials; priority setting; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 79955073691     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318207599c     Document Type: Article

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