Financing and Economics | Public Health Services and Systems Research

Support for this program ended in 2015.

Studies in the Financing and Economics domain of the 2012 PHSSR Research Agenda explore research questions in such areas as fiscal analysis, financing mechanisms, and costs, performance, and outcomes.

STUDY	CATEGORY	RESEARCHERS
Quantifying the Value of Public Health Intervention	Fiscal Analysis	Theresa Green
Medicaid MCH Funding and Local Public Health Practice	Fiscal Analysis	North Carolina Public Health PBRN
Exploring New Methods and Measures to Assess the Impact of the Economic Recession on Public Health Outcomes	Fiscal Analysis	Anna Schenck
Fiscal Constraints and Access to Reproductive Health Services in South Carolina: The Impact of Clinic Retraction on Utilization, Outcomes, and Quality	Fiscal Analysis	Nathan Hale
Protecting Public Health in Times of Austerity: Measuring Impacts and Setting Priorities	Financing Mechanisms	Thomas Burke & Beth Resnick
Measuring the Effects of Public/Private Transition of Pediatric Preventive Services on Unmet Need Among Medicaid Eligible Children	Financing Mechanisms	Nathan Hale
Public Health Spending and Medicaid Generosity: Short Term Impact on Population Health	Financing Mechanisms	Maggie Paul
Economic Shocks and Evidence-Based Decision-Making in Public Health	Financing Mechanisms	Washington Public Health PBRN
Forecasting the Impact of the Economic Recession on Public Health Financing	Financing Mechanisms	Wisconsin Public Health PBRN
Financial Constraints, Regionalization Incentives, and Public Health Responses	Financing Mechanisms	Connecticut Public Health PBRN
Variation in Local Enforcement of State Public Health Policy	Financing Mechanisms	Ohio Public Health PBRN
Resource Allocation and Public Health Roles in Safe Routes to Schools	Financing Mechanisms	Colorado Public Health PBRN
Evaluating the Impact of Reallocating Georgia's Funding for Local Public Health Infrastructure	Financing Mechanisms	Phaedra Corso
Deriving Best Practices to Preserve MCAH Services in Local Health Departments: Learning from the Economic Downturn	Financing Mechanisms	L. Michele Issel & Arden Handler
Variations in the Costs of Delivering Public Health Services: An Analysis of Local Health Departments in Florida	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Simone Singh
Consolidation in Ohio Public Health: Differences in Expenditures	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Ohio Public Health PBRN
The Cost of Doing Business: Developing a Cost Model for the Minimum Local Public Health Services Package in Ohio	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Ohio Public Health PBRN
Public Health Return on Investment in a Time of Economic Crisis: Lessons Learned from State Tobacco Control Programs	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Michael Fiore & Paula Keller
Return on Investment for Public Health Expenditures: A Societal Perspective with Local Applications	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Timothy Brown
Cost Effectiveness of Partner Notification and Optimal Intensity of Partner Notification for STD Control and Prevention in Louisiana	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Mahmud Khan
Evidence-based Allocation of Public Health Resources: Using Economic Analysis to Identify Value and Priority in Domestic Public Tuberculosis Control	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Thaddeus Miller
Priorities in Rural Health: Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Fungal Meningitis Outbreak in New River Health District	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Kaja Abbas
Budget Cuts and Health Outcomes: Examining a Natural Experiment	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Betty Bekemeier
Public Health Activities & Services Tracking (PHAST)	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Betty Bekemeier
Public Health Delivery and Cost Studies in the San Joaquin Valley of California	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	California Public Health PBRN & Public Health Institute
Determining the Cost of Select Core Services Across Colorado Public Health Agencies	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Colorado Public Health PBRN & Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials
Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity of Inspection Services throughout Connecticut's Local Public Health System	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Connecticut Public Health PBRN & Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
Comparative Cost Study of STD Services in Florida	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Florida Public Health PBRN & University of Florida
Measuring the Costs of Implementing QI Initiatives and Examining the Variation in Costs of QI Implementation among LHDs in Nebraska	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Nebraska Public Health PBRN & University of Nebraska Medical Center
Understanding Governmental and Non-Governmental Funding and Network Structures in Different Models of Public Health Infrastructure	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	New Hampshire Public Health PBRN & University of New Hampshire
Determining the Public Health Costs of Tobacco Prevention and Control: A Comparison of 5 New Jersey Local Health Departments	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	New Jersey Public Health PBRN & Foundation for Healthcare Advancement
Optimizing the Use of HIV/STD Partner Services Strategies in New York State	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	New York Public Health PBRN
The Influence of Organizational and Community Characteristics on the Cost of Providing Mandated Public Health Services in North Carolina	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	North Carolina Public Health PBRN
The Cost of Public Health Practice: Using PBRNs to Identify Delivery, Quality and Cost of Core Public Health Services in Ohio	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Ohio Public Health PBRN & Case Western Reserve University
Costs and Cost-drivers of Providing Foundational Public Health Services in Washington State and Relationships with Structural and Community Factors	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Washington Public Health PBRN & University of Washington
Cost Case Study: The Coastal Health District of Georgia	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Georgia Public Health PBRN
Budget Cuts and Violence and Injury Prevention in WA's Local Health Departments	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Laura Hitchcok and the Washington Public Health PBRN
Optimizing Expenditures Across the HIV Continuum of Care: Bridging Public Health and Health Care Systems	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Gregg Gonzalves
The Affordable Care Act and Childhood Immunization Delivery in Rural Communities	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Van Do-Reynoso
Improving the Reach and Effectiveness of STD Prevention, Screening, and Treatment Services in Local Public Health Systems	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	California Public Health PBRN & Alabama Public Health PBRN
A Comparison of State Dissemination and Implementation Strategies on Local Health Department Accreditation Readiness and Quality Improvement Maturity	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Colorado Public Health PBRN, Nebraska Public Health PBRN & Kansas PBRN
The Effects of Cross-Jurisdictional Resource Sharing on the Implementation, Scope and Quality of Public Health Services	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Connecticut Public Health PBRN & Massachusetts Public Health PBRN
Inter-Organizational Collaboration in Local Public Health Systems: Implications for Costs, Impact, and Management Capacity	Costs, Performance, and Outcomes	Washington Public Health PBRN, Wisconsin Public Health PBRN, New York Public Health PBRN & Oregon Public Health PBRN