Lessons from san francisco: Health impact assessments have advanced political conditions for improving population health

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2410-2418

  Bhatia, Rajiv ^a   Corburn, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO;

EID: 84855646547     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1303     Document Type: Article

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