Open AccessECONOMICS OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Author(s) -
Henry Bixby Hemenway
Publication year - 1920
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.10.2.105-a
Subject(s) - prosperity , administration (probate law) , foundation (evidence) , environmental health , business , disease , medicine , political science , economics , economic growth , law , pathology
Health administration lies at the foundation of economic prosperity. It is a business and like other business is subject to commercial laws. Quality, whether of brain or brawn may be appraised by the wages paid. Loss from disease, does vary with the money spent. Compared with fire fighting health appropriations are grossly inadequate, whether the health risk is considered or the actual loss.