The return of public health to local government in England: Changing the parameters of the public health prioritization debate?

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1194-1203

  Marks, L ^a   Hunter, D J ^a   Scalabrini, S ^a   Gray, J ^b   McCafferty, S ^c   Payne, N ^d   Peckham, S ^e   Salway, S ^d   Thokala, P ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democratic decision making; Local commissioners; Priority setting; Public health investment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP; CONFLICT; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ENGLAND; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84941878354     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.07.028     Document Type: Article

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