Probable future funding priorities in maternal and child health: a modified Delphi National Survey.
Recent enactment of program consolidation block grants proposed by the Reagan administration has left many observers of public health services wondering about the impact of such a change on categorical programs in maternal and child health (MCH). This study first presents predictions about the future of 23 specific MCH services, derived from a modified Delphi Survey of MCH experts, and then examines the implications of these predictions for future public health.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003697:Delphi Technique; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D011336:Probability; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States