Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster | Zendy

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Catapulting the Chasm: Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster

Author(s) -

Leslie M. Beitsch,

Georgeen Polyak,

Marthe R. Gold,

Steven M. Teutsch,

Alina Baciu

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301274

Subject(s) - public health , wasting , health care , environmental health , political science , medicine , economic growth , business , public administration , economics , nursing , endocrinology

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.

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