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Assessment Of Quality Improvement In Ontario Public Health Units, Madelyn P. Law, J. Ross Graham, Erica Bridge
Assessment Of Quality Improvement In Ontario Public Health Units, Madelyn P. Law, J. Ross Graham, Erica Bridge
Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research
Background: Quality Improvement (QI) approaches are used extensively in healthcare settings and increasingly in public health. However, the proliferation of QI in Canadian public health settings is unknown.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to (a) assess the QI maturity in Ontario local public health units in Canada, and (b) to determine the relevance of the QI Maturity Tool in a Canadian setting
Methods: The QI Maturity Tool (Version 5) was used to conduct a cross-sectional assessment of the QI maturity of 36 local public health units in Ontario, Canada. After tool items were reviewed for relevance, individuals most …
Local Health Departments’ Costs Of Providing Environmental Health Services, Simone Singh, Nancy L. Winterbauer, Ashley Tucker, Lisa Macon Harrison
Local Health Departments’ Costs Of Providing Environmental Health Services, Simone Singh, Nancy L. Winterbauer, Ashley Tucker, Lisa Macon Harrison
Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems Research
Background: A detailed understanding of the costs that local health departments (LHDs) incur in the provision of public health services plays an important role in their efforts to provide services in an effective and efficient manner. However, surprisingly little evidence exists about the key cost components that LHDs incur in the provision of services.
Purpose: The purpose of this report was to provide empirical estimates of LHDs’ cost structure.
Methods: Using cost information for 2012 from 15 LHDs in North Carolina for two public health services—food and lodging and onsite water—this report first presents estimates of the total costs per …
2015 Phssr Extramural Research Inventory, Glen P. Mays, Anna G. Hoover, Ann V. Kelly, Julie Jacobs, Lizeth C. Fowler, Kara Richardson
2015 Phssr Extramural Research Inventory, Glen P. Mays, Anna G. Hoover, Ann V. Kelly, Julie Jacobs, Lizeth C. Fowler, Kara Richardson
Anna G. Hoover
This portfolio describes 139 funded extramural projects managed by the National Coordinating Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research and the Public Health Practice-Based Research Networks National Coordinating Center from 2009-2015.