Governance typology: A consensus classification of state-local health department relationships

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 520-528

  Meit, Michael ^a   Sellers, Katie ^b   Kronstadt, Jessica ^a   Lawhorn, Nikki ^c   Brown, Alexa ^a   Liss Levinson, Rivka ^b   Pearsol, Jim ^b   Jarris, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^c National Network of Public Health Institutes   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; governance; public health systems; state health agencies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT;

EID: 84867487555     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e31825ce90b     Document Type: Article

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