Local health departments and the 2008 recession: Characteristics of resiliency

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 559-568

  Erwin, Paul C ^a   Shah, Gulzar H ^b   Mays, Glen P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRISIS THEORY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901000894     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.01.025     Document Type: Article

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