Local public health agency funding: money begets money.
Local public health agencies are funded federal, state, and local revenue sources. There is a common belief that increases from one source will be offset by decreases in others, as when a local agency might decide it must increase taxes in response to lowered federal or state funding. This study tests this belief through a cross-sectional study using data from Missouri local public health agencies, and finds, instead, that money begets money. Local agencies that receive more from federal and state sources also raise more at the local level. Given the particular effectiveness of local funding in improving agency performance, these findings that nonlocal revenues are amplified at the local level, help make the case for higher public health funding from federal and state levels.
Bernet
Patrick Michael
PM
Florida Atlantic University College of Business, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA. PBernet@FAU.edu
D002017:Budgets / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D035082:Federal Government; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D008923:Missouri; D017059:Models, Econometric; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States