Estimating the financial resources needed for local public health departments in minnesota: A multimethod approach

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 413-420

  Riley, William ^a   Briggs, Jill ^b   McCullough, Mac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Chisago County Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial gaps analysis for providing public health services; local public health funding; variation in public health spending

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MINNESOTA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE;

EID: 80051701380     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182053f04     Document Type: Article

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