Contemporary Public Health Finance: Varied Definitions, Patterns, and Implications.
Annu Rev Public Health
; 45(1): 359-374, 2024 May.
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ABSTRACT
The financing of public health systems and services relies on a complex and fragmented web of partners and funding priorities. Both underfunding and "dys-funding" contribute to preventable mortality, increases in disease frequency and severity, and hindered social and economic growth. These issues were both illuminated and magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated responses. Further complicating issues is the difficulty in constructing adequate estimates of current public health resources and necessary resources. Each of these challenges inhibits the delivery of necessary services, leads to inequitable access and resourcing, contributes to resource volatility, and presents other deleterious outcomes. However, actions may be taken to defragment complex funding paradigms toward more flexible spending, to modernize and standardize data systems, and to assure equitable and sustainable public health investments.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Salud Pública
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COVID-19
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Annu Rev Public Health
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos