Journal article
Funding Formulas for Public Health Allocations: Federal and State Strategies
Journal of public health management and practice, v 18(4), pp 309-316
01 Jul 2012
PMID: 22635184
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Abstract
Public health funding formulas have received less scrutiny than those used in other government sectors, particularly health services and public health insurance. We surveyed states about their use of funding formulas for specific public health activities; sources of funding; formula attributes; formula development; and assessments of political and policy considerations. Results show that the use of funding formulas is positively correlated with the number of local health departments and with the percentage of public health funding provided by the federal government. States use a variety of allocative strategies but most commonly employ a "base-plus" distribution. Resulting distributions are more disproportionate than per capita or per-person-in-poverty allotments, an effect that increases as the proportion of total funding dedicated to equal minimum allotments increases.
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- Title
- Funding Formulas for Public Health Allocations: Federal and State Strategies
- Creators
- Lydia L. Ogden - Emory UniversityKatie Sellers - Assoc State & Terr Hlth Officials, Arlington, VA USACara Sammartino - University of ProvidenceJames W. Buehler - Emory UniversityPatrick M. Bernet - Florida Atlantic University
- Publication Details
- Journal of public health management and practice, v 18(4), pp 309-316
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000305004700009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84861813204
- Other Identifier
- 991021895782104721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health