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.
Public Health System and Finance
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The Increasing Importance of Public Health Funding Research
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Recommended reading Advancing the Field of Public Health Finance 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 loca ...
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 ...
Funding Formulas for Public Health Allocations
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
States with local health departments are more likely to use public health funding formulas to determine the resources allocated for specific public health activities; the use of formulas, is related to the federal government providing a higher perce ...
Centralizing the Poison Control System Could be Efficient and Cost-Effective
July 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University carried out the second phase of a study that was designed to evaluate options for reconfiguring the country's network of regional poison control centers into a more effective national system.
Assessing the Level of Public Health Partner Spending Using the Funding Formula Analysis Tool
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Public health partners can circumvent the political system when it lacks the will to pursue critical public health goals. Public health partners are nongovernmental organizations, including private nonprofit community health centers and networks tha ...
Anatomy of a Public Health Agency Turnaround
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
The General Health District in Mahoning County, Ohio experienced a dramatic financial turnaround after running a basic financial analysis and implementing private sector turnaround strategies. Within two years, the district was taking in more money ...