Open AccessCatapulting 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.