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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 …