Impact of the 2008-2010 economic recession on local health departments

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-114

  Willard, Rachel ^a,b   Shah, Gulzar H ^a,c   Leep, Carolyn ^a   Ku, Leighton ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core funding and functions; public health funding; public health workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856764186     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182461cf2     Document Type: Article

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