Moving from intersection to integration: Public health law research and public health systems and services research

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 375-408

  Burris, Scott ^a   Mays, Glen P ^b   Douglas Scutchfield, F ^b   Ibrahim, Jennifer K ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion legislation and jurisprudence; Models; Public health administration; Public health law research; Public health practice; Public health systems and services research; Theoretical

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH LAW RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM AND SERVICE RESEARCH; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84862541975     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00667.x     Document Type: Review

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