Local public health resource allocation: Limited choices and strategic decisions

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 769-775

  Bekemeier, Betty ^a   Chen, Anthony L T ^a,d   Kawakyu, Nami ^b,c   Yang, Youngran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b International Training and Education Center for Health   (United States)

^c Tacoma Pierce County Health Department   (United States)

^d Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84887899248     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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