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Descriptive Epidemiology of Local Public Health Systems

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 1995
This article, presented at the Research and Measurement of Public Health Core Functions Science Symposium sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in June 1994, provides selected data from the 1992-1993 National Profile of Local Health Departments.
M, Mullet, N, Rawding, C K, Brown, D, Custer, J, Suen   +4 more
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Local Public Health System Performance and Community Health Outcomes

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2012
Public health systems are charged with protecting the health and well-being of the communities they serve. Higher-performing public health systems should be associated with improved community health status. Currently, little research examines the impact of variations in public health system performance on community health outcomes.The current study ...
Richard C, Ingram, F Douglas, Scutchfield, Richard, Charnigo, Martha C, Riddell   +3 more
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Regionalization of Local Public Health Systems in the Era of Preparedness [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2008
Post-9/11, preparedness planning has catalyzed intrastate regionalization of local public health resources throughout the United States. Investigating this trend unveils several regionalization themes, relevant in other sectors of government, which are applicable to local public health.
Michael A Stoto
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The Yugoslav Health System: Public Ownership and Local Control

Journal of Public Health Policy, 1984
s em Europe, similar in size and population to the State of Y \ jr g California, with a long Adriatic coast which has made it one of Europe's most popular vacation spots. The area of present day Yugoslavia has for centuries been a focus ZAe% of contention between east and west.
D U, Himmelstein, S, Lang, S, Woolhandler   +2 more
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Local and systemic total antioxidant capacity in periodontitis and health

Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 2004
AbstractBackground: The involvement of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in periodontal pathology is unclear but will be modulated by in vivo antioxidant defence systems. The aim of this cross‐sectional study was to determine both local (saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and peripheral (plasma and serum) antioxidant capacity in periodontal health
G R, Brock, C J, Butterworth, J B, Matthews, I L C, Chapple   +3 more
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[Information systems for the management of local health systems].

Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1991
Owing to the diffusion of computers--personal as well as highly sophisticated models--and of modern data bank systems and more accessible programming methods that no longer require hiring professional programmers to develop a variety of applications, administrators are increasingly using this new technology as a basis for making more realistic ...
R J, Rodrigues, S, Goihman
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Impact Of Purchasing Strategies On Local Health Care Systems

Health Affairs, 1996
Efforts to control health care costs increasingly rely on purchasers to seek the best value for their investment. In this examination of purchasing strategies in fifteen communities, most purchasers employed traditional strategies to reduce their direct costs, such as shifting costs to employees and switching from indemnity to managed care plans. Fewer
D J, Lipson, J M, De Sa
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Assessing the Performance of Local Public Health Systems

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1998
Throughout the past decade, growing attention has focused on ways to monitor the performance of local public health organizations and ensure the adequacy of their services. We surveyed representatives of the nation's state health agencies during 1997 to examine their processes for local public health performance assessment.
G P, Mays, P k, Halverson, C A, Miller
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Proanthocyanidins and human health: Systemic effects and local effects in the gut

BioFactors, 2000
AbstractProanthocyanidins share common properties with other polyphenols, in particular their reducing capacity and ability to chelate metal ions. However, their polymeric nature clearly makes them different. They have a high affinity for proteins and their absorption through the gut barrier is likely limited to the molecules of low polymerization ...
Scalbert, Augustin, Deprez, S., Mila, Isabelle, Albrecht, A.M., Huneau, J.F., Rabot, Sylvie   +5 more
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[Financing of local health systems].

Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana. Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1991
During the 1980s, under agreements between the Ministry of Social Welfare, the Ministry of Health, and the State Secretariats of Health, integrated health actions were instituted in Brazil, through which funds from Social Welfare were transferred to the state and municipal health systems.
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