Geographic Variation in Public Health Spending: Correlates and Consequences
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Geographic variation in public health spending: correlates and consequences.
OBJECTIVES To examine the extent of variation in public health agency spending levels across communities and over time, and to identify institutional and community correlates of this variation. DATA SOURCES AND SETTING Three cross-sectional surveys of the nation's 2,900 local public health agencies conducted by the National Association of County and City Health Officials in 1993, 1997, and 20...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Services Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0017-9124,1475-6773
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01014.x