Checks & imbalances

Article Abstract:

The health system of America was weakened due to underinvestment, though for two years there was large inflow of federal funds for public health to fortify federal, state, local and territorial public health defenses against bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. States have sought to cut public health funding and large scale bioterrorism attach would tax the public health infrastructure to its limit.

Government expenditures, Health Care and Social Assistance, Management dynamics, HEALTH SERVICES, Public Health Care, Administration of Public Health Programs, Health Programs-Total Govt, Administration of Human Resource Programs, Health Programs, Management, Health care industry, Public health, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Company business management, Bioterrorism, Government finance

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Checks & imbalances

Article Abstract:

The nation's public health infrastructure is the first in line of defence in the event of a biological attack. But the long history of underfunding has left them underprepared, according to Shelley Hearne, executive director of Trust for America's Health, a Washington based organization.

Evaluation, Economic aspects, Biological warfare, Public health administration

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Sizing up safety; know your company's injury rates

Article Abstract:

A review of calculating organization's fatal and nonfatal injury rates is presented. In this regard an approach that will be useful in collecting the appropriate data and analyzing it accordingly, is also discussed.

Usage, Measurement, Work-related injuries, Work related injuries, Statistical methods

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