Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
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Investing In America's Health (April 2013 Update)
April 1, 2013 | Report
Many public health departments are unable to adequately support community health due to limited funding.
The Hilltop Institute's Hospital Community Benefit Program
October 18, 2012 | Issue Brief/Story
Resources and issue briefs illuminate new community benefit requirements for tax-exempt hospitals and provide tools for policy-makers.
Partnering to Preserve Senior Health in California's Public Health System
September 1, 2012 | Report
alifornia's population is growing and aging, but the public health and aging infrastructure is not keeping up. While demand increased, two-thirds of California's Local Health Departments (LHDs) and Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) experienced budget cuts in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, while nearly 40 percent faced staffing reductions.
Measuring the Authority of Local Public Health Directors in the Context of Organizational Structure
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This descriptive study illustrates that emerging practice-based research networks can successfully collaborate on small-scale research projects with immediate application for systems development. Study findings are being used by local public health ...
Local Health Departments and Specific Maternal and Child Health Expenditures
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As a part of the Public Health Activities and Service Tracking study and in collaboration with partners in two Public Health Practice–Based Research Network states, we examined relationships between local health department (LHD) maternal and child h ...
The Increasing Importance of Public Health Funding Research
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Comprehensive data is the most valuable resource that public health organizations can use when making funding decisions. Given the waves of budget cuts that have been washing over local health districts since 2008, public health finance data has nev ...
Measuring Progress in Public Health Finance
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Professionals in the field of Public Health Finance have the goals put forth in the 2007 Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) Public Health Finance issue within their grasp. The field of Public Health Finance has been gathering m ...
Resource and Cost Adjustment in the Design of Allocation Funding Formulas in Public Health Programs
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
In a statistical test of cost adjustors, average salaries and per capita income had the greatest effect on the reallocation of federal public health funds. Federal agencies try to use the appropriate measure when distributing funds to public health ...
Reference Allocations and Use of a Disparity Measure to Inform the Design of Allocation Funding Formulas in Public Health Programs
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors of this study propose an evaluation measure they term “proportionality of allocation” (PA)—which compares a given funding formula to two reference indices: one index based on state population size, and another based on the state’s povert ...
Public Health Spending in 2008
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
A finely tuned analysis of state and local health spending indicates that the structure of state public health departments has minimal impact on spending patterns. Estimates of public health spending often “double-count” money spent by state and loc ...