Attempts by one local health department to provide only essential public health services: A 10-year retrospective case study

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Richardson, J Matthew ^a   Pierce Jr , J Rush ^b   Lackan, Nuha ^c  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgets; Financing; Government; Public Health Administration; Public Health Economics; Public Health Partnerships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84856754522     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e318223b11e     Document Type: Article

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