The impact of changes in county public health expenditures on general health in the population

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 251-269

  Brown, Timothy T ^a   Martinez Gutierrez, Maria S ^a   Navab, Bahar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAPITAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902189975     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133114000024     Document Type: Article

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