Catapulting the chasm: Or how to avoid wasting a perfectly good fiscal disaster

L.M. Beitsch, G. Polyak, M. Gold, S. Teutsch and Andrei Baciu

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 6, e11-e13

Abstract: The nation once again is on the precipice of financial catastrophe, but have we overlooked public health? Juxtaposed against one another, the comparison of health care with public health-one largely overutilized, expensive, and underperforming, the other responsible for eradicating diseases and providing safe food and water-cries out for thoughtful fiscal recalibration. We have examined the recent Institute of Medicine report on public health financing and made actionable recommendations for sustainable public health financing.

Keywords: article; economics; financial management; health care delivery; health care planning; health promotion; human; public health; statistics, Delivery of Health Care; Financing, Government; Health Planning Guidelines; Health Promotion; Humans; Public Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301274

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