Resource and cost adjustment in the design of allocation funding formulas in public health programs

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-332

  Buehler, James W ^a   Bernet, Patrick M ^b   Ogden, Lydia L ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustments; funding; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAID; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861809617     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3182431da6     Document Type: Article

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