For the public's health Investing in a healthier future / Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health.

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health.

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Economic aspects--United States.

Public health.

Medical economics--United States.

Medical economics.

Medical care, Cost of--United States.

Medical care, Cost of.

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Outcome assessment (Medical care)--United States.

Outcome assessment (Medical care).

Physical Description:

xv, 296 p. : ill. (some col.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to examine three topics in relation to public health: measurement, the law, and funding. IOM prepared a three report series-one report on each topic-that contains actionable recommendations for public health agencies and other stakeholders with roles in the health of the U.S. population. For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future, the final book inthe series, assesses the financial challenges facing the governmental public health infrastructure. The book provides recommendations about what is needed for stable and sustainable funding, and for its optimal use by public health agencies. Building on the other two volumes in the series, this book makes the argument that adequate and sustainable funding for public health is necessary to enable public health departments across the country to inform and mobilize action on the determinants of health, to play other key roles in protecting and promoting health, and to prepare for a range of potential threats to population health. The final book in the For the Public's Health series will be useful to federal, state, and local governments; public health agencies; clinical care organizations; and community-based organizations.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Acknowledgments

Contents

Preface: Introduction to the Series of Reports

Summary

1 Introduction and Context

2 Reforming Public Health and Its Financing

3 Informing Investment in Health

4 Funding Sources and Structures to Build Public Health

Appendix A: Acronyms

Appendix B: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Opportunities for Public Health Agencies and Population Health

Sara Rosenbaum

Appendix C: Financing Mission-Critical Investments in Public Health Capacity Development

Eileen Salinsky

Appendix D: Financing State and Local Public Health Departments: A Problem of Chronic Illness

Samuel Y. Sessions

Appendix E: Funding Diagram for Public Health

Appendix F: For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability: Report Summary

Appendix G: For the Public's Health: Revitalizing Law and Policy to Meet New Challenges

Report Summary

Appendix H: Meetings Agendas

Appendix I: Committee Biosketches.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-22110-2

1-283-63638-7

0-309-22108-0

OCLC:

794931154