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A funding crisis for public health and safety: state-by-state public health funding and key health facts : 2017
A funding crisis for public health and safety: state-by-state public health funding and key health facts : 2017
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue report (Trust for America's Health)
- Author(s):
- Segal, Laura M., author
Martin, Alejandra, author - Contributor(s):
- Trust for America's Health, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, April 2017
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Expenditures
Public Health -- economics
United States
United States. Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The nation's public health system has been chronically underfunded for decades--leaving Americans unnecessarily vulnerable to preventable health problems, ranging from major disease outbreaks and bioterrorism threats to diabetes and prescription painkiller misuse. Despite the $3.36 trillion spent annually on healthcare, it has not translated into better health for the country. Today, only 3 percent of all health spending is directed to public health, which includes federal, state and local resources. That equates to an average of around $255 per person. By contrast, total healthcare spending per person is $10,345 per person. Investing in public health is one of the most common sense and effective ways to improve the health of Americans and bring down healthcare costs. A national survey of registered voters found that nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of Americans support increasing investments to improve the health of communities.8 Insufficient funding has hampered the ability of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local health departments (LHD) to keep pace with modern advancements in technology, approaches and systems--contributing to health epidemics and adding avoidable healthcare costs. Trust for America's Health (TFAH) conducts the Investing in America's Health report to examine the status of federal public health funding for states, state public health funding and key health facts--to help highlight the need to invest more in improving health and increasing the impact of funding to achieve measurable impact. The review provides policymakers and communities with an independent analysis; encourages transparency and accountability of the health system; and recommends strategies to modernize the nation's public health system. The report includes: (1) An Overview of CDC, State and Local Public Health Funding. Chart 1: Federal Funding for States from CDC. Chart 2: CDC's Public Health and Prevention Funding for States. Chart 3: Federal Health Resources and Services Administration Funding by State. Chart 4: State Public Health Funding. Chart 5: Key Health Facts 2. Rising Epidemics--and Effective Investments to Curb Crises and Cut Costs 3. Recommendations for Modernizing Public Health and Promoting a Vision for a Healthier America.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (23 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101739299 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101739299