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

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.