Budget-and priority-setting criteria at state health agencies in times of Austerity: A mixed-methods study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1092-1099

  Leider, Jonathon P ^a   Resnick, Beth ^a   Kass, Nancy ^a   Sellers, Katie ^b   Young, Jessica ^a   Bernet, Patrick ^c   Jarris, Paul ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of State and Territorial Health Officials ^*  (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

BUDGETS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901022674     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301732     Document Type: Article

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