title: Ways to think about money.
abstract: Healthy People 2010, the nation's objectives for achieving a higher level of health, includes Goal 23-16: Increase the proportion of federal, tribal, state, and local public health agencies that gather accurate data on public health expenditures, categorized by essential public health service. Taking time to understand the complexities of accounting for public health expenditures, as well as the reasons for doing so, is an essential precursor to taking the needed steps to include economic information in public health policy making and public health systems research.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University School of Nursing, 630 West 168th Street, MB 6, New York, NY 10034, USA. Kmg24@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Kristine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Gebbie
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics*; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States