title: Improving Population Health by Incorporating Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Into Value-Based Care Models.
abstract: Today's health system transformation provides a prime opportunity to leverage the capacity of public health to reduce the burden of chronic disease and injury, improve population health, and contain health care costs. Health care settings and organizations should support public health capacity as a key investment in population health.
authors.affiliation: section chief, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, North Carolina Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: evaluator, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, North Carolina Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rushing
authors.affiliation: project manager, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, North Carolina Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina sharon.boss.nelson@dhhs.nc.gov.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: program manager, Chronic Disease and Injury Section, North Carolina Division of Public Health, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rhyne
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D011634:Public Health; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*