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. 2020 Jun;98(2):250-259.
doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12463. Epub 2020 May 13.

COVID-19 and Underinvestment in the Public Health Infrastructure of the United States

Nason Maani  1   2 , Sandro Galea  1
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COVID-19 and Underinvestment in the Public Health Infrastructure of the United States

Nason Maani et al. Milbank Q. 2020 Jun.
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Federal Government Share of Total Public Health Expendituresa aBased on supplementary data from Himmelstein and Woolhandler 2016. 12
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Per Capita State and Federal Expenditures (CDC and HRSA) on Public Health, 2019a aAdapted from United Hospital Fund. 14 Based on data from Trust for America's Health; US Department of Health and Human Services; and US Census Bureau, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018. Abbreviations: CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HRSA, Health Resources and Services Administration.
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Federal Public Health Emergency Preparedness Funding Per Capita, Fiscal Years 2002‐2016a aAdapted from Murthy et al 2017. 21
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