Organizing state and local health departments for public health preparedness

Improving the ability to respond to bioterrorism and other emergencies is an important challenge facing the U.S. public health system. Despite having a knowledgeable workforce, practice and experience, capacity, and partnerships with other responders in the community, the system₂s ability to respond...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wasserman, Jeffrey
Other Authors: Jacobson, Peter D., Lurie, Nicole, Nelson, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2006, 2006
Series:Technical report
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Analytic approach
  • Results
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Appendix A: CDC progress report indicators (2004)
  • Appendix B: Public health laboratories' survey questions used in analysis
  • Appendix C: Robust regression with centralization-regionalization interactions
  • Includes bibliographical references