Resources that may matter: The impact of local health department expenditures on health status

Public Health Reports

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Erwin, Paul Campbell ^a   Mays, Glen P ^b   Riley, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

EID: 84858269122     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491212700110     Document Type: Article

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