Catapulting the Chasm

Or How to Avoid Wasting a Perfectly Good Fiscal Disaster

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ID11036053
AuthorsLeslie M Beitsch (0000-0003-1461-2721, Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Georgeen Polyak is with the Department of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Marthe Gold is with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, NY. Steven Teutsch is with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Alina Baciu is with the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.), Georgeen Polyak (Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Georgeen Polyak is with the Department of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Marthe Gold is with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, NY. Steven Teutsch is with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Alina Baciu is with the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.), Marthe R Gold (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health), Marthe Gold (Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Georgeen Polyak is with the Department of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Marthe Gold is with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, NY. Steven Teutsch is with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Alina Baciu is with the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.), Steven M Teutsch (0000-0002-2640-3866, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health), Steven Teutsch (Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Georgeen Polyak is with the Department of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Marthe Gold is with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, NY. Steven Teutsch is with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Alina Baciu is with the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.), Alina Baciu (Leslie M. Beitsch is with the Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee. Georgeen Polyak is with the Department of Public Health, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL. Marthe Gold is with the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City College of New York, New York, NY. Steven Teutsch is with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Alina Baciu is with the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC.)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue6
Pagese11-e13
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301274
PMID23597346
PMCIDPMC3698720
OpenAlexW2017026775
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

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

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Political science · Public health · Wasting · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education

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