title: [Interadministrative collaboration for public health management in municipalities with less than 10,000 residents].
abstract: This study analyses which administrative body local councils use to carry out their basic public health responsibilities. The study sample includes data from municipalities with less than 10,000 residents, which we believe is a first for studies published in academic journals in Spain. The data used was obtained by means of a survey administered by trained personnel. 93.7% of all the municipalities in the province of Girona, the area under study, responded to the survey. The analysis shows that there is a statistically significant difference between municipalities with more and less than 10,000 residents with regards to which administrative body local councils use for managing public health responsibilities. The results of this study suggest that in the ongoing debate over the streamlining of local government, the current situation regarding public health responsibilities in municipalities with less than 10,000 residents needs to be taken into account.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: malabertl@uoc.edu.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alabert López
authors.affiliation: Universitat de Girona, Girona, España.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbussà Reixach
authors.affiliation: Universitat de Girona, Girona, España; Grup de Recerca en Estadística, Econometria i Salut (GRES), Universitat de Girona, Girona, España; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), España.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sáez Zafra
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D011634:Public Health; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000379:methods*; D013030:Spain
keywords: Gobierno local; Interdepartmental relations; Local government; Organisation and administration; Organización y administración; Public health; Relaciones interadministrativas; Salud pública