title: Catapulting the chasm: or how to avoid wasting a perfectly good fiscal disaster.
abstract: The nation once again is on the precipice of financial catastrophe, but have we overlooked public health? Juxtaposed against one another, the comparison of health care with public health-one largely overutilized, expensive, and underperforming, the other responsible for eradicating diseases and providing safe food and water-cries out for thoughtful fiscal recalibration. We have examined the recent Institute of Medicine report on public health financing and made actionable recommendations for sustainable public health financing.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medicine and Public Health, Division of Health Affairs, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4300, USA. les.beitsch@med.fsu.edu
authors.forename: Leslie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Beitsch
authors.forename: Georgeen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polyak
authors.forename: Marthe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teutsch
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baciu
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics*