Public Health Finance
What Is Public Health Finance?
Public Health Finance is a field of study that examines the acquisition, utilization, and management of resources for the delivery of public health functions and the impact of those resources on population health and the public health system.
Honoré and Amy, 2007
Related Topics
Health Economics and Public Health Economics
What is Health Economics?
Health Economics is the study of the supply and demand of healthcare resources and the impact of healthcare on a population.
Santerre and Neun, 2004
What is Public Health Economics?
Public Health economics focuses on the study of the role of government in public health; particularly, but not exclusively, in supplying public health goods and services and addressing positive or negative externalities derived from implementing public health programs?
Carande-Kulis, Getzen, Thacker, 2007
For background information on public health economics, see the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article on Economics and Public Health at CDC by Mark L. Messonnier, Ph.D. This article can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su5502a7.htm.
For more information on careers in health economics go to
http://www.cdc.gov/about/opportunities/careers/healthEconom.htm.
Background Information on Public Health Finance
For background information on Public Health Finance see the following presentations, publications and Web sites:
Presentations
Connecting Quality and Public Health Finance
This presentation provides an overview and introduction to public health finance and quality.
Publications
2007 Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
In March/April 2007 the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice published a special issue focusing on public health finance. Articles from this issue can be accessed at http://www.publichealthsystems.org/phf/1475/43947.
Web Sites
Public Health Finance
This website provides information and resources for Public Health Finance and is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Information can be accessed at http://www.publichealthsystems.org/phf.
Measuring and Improving the Financial Performance of Public Health Agencies
A learning institute providing an introduction to public health finance and ratio analysis was held at the 2007 annual American Public Health Association conference. The materials used for the learning institute and presentations can be found at http://www.publichealthsystems.org/phf/1475/FinancialRatioAnalysis.
Ohio Health Commissioners and Financial Managers Seminar
A training session was held for all Ohio Public Health Commissioners and their financial managers. The materials used in that course are found at http://www.publichealthsystems.org/phf/1473/PHFEvents/OhioHCFMMeeting.
Association of Budgeting and Financial Management
ABFM is a professional organization that provides information and education for the purpose of (a) advancing the science, processes, and art of public administration as it relates to budgeting and financial management, and (b) advancing the equality of opportunity of all persons through public administration. Use the following links to access information on state finance databases or links to other finance and budget sites.
State finance databases
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/databases_by_state.html
Finance and budget sites
http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/links_index.html
National Association of Legislative Fiscal Officers
The National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices was formed to serve as the professional organization for the staff directors of Legislative Budget and Finance Offices in the fifty states. Its purposes are to foster and improve the general quality of legislative fiscal staff assistance to state legislatures. For more information or resources go to http://www.ncsl.org/nalfo/.
State Legislative Fiscal Offices
This site provides links to the web sites of 50 legislative fiscal offices for states that currently maintain one. It can be accessed at http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/flstsite.htm.
Workforce Education
The following resources provide information on training and workforce development for public health finance:
Association of Budgeting and Financial Management—Teaching Database
This site provides a collection of teaching materials from graduate level courses related to Public Budgeting and Financial Management. It can be accessed at http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/pa/academics/ABFM_database/index.html
Events
To find information on past and current events related to public health finance, access the Events page. Check back frequently for new opportunities.