In the mid-1990s, the federal government defunded the state expenditures reporting system. Since that time, there has been no uniform approach to collecting and cataloging state and local public health expenditures on a national scale. This presentation will explore approaches to collecting, categorizing and understanding public health expenditures at the state and local levels, building upon what has been learned from 20+ years of the former state reporting system, national studies conducted over the past five years, and state and local experiences. Recent studies have demonstrated how the Essential Public Health Services framework can be used for collecting and analyzing public health expenditures from state and local public health agencies. The presenation also will explore what a national system for collecting data on expenditures should be able to tell us and address what other stakeholders' needs and desires are for expenditures information.
Objectives of this presentation are: 1) to build knowledge and understanding of past and current public health expenditures reporting efforts; 2) to describe the needs and desires for expenditures data; 3) for participants to learn about the pros and cons to various approaches for collecting expenditures data.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1.Describe three past and current efforts to collect and report public health expenditures. 2.Determine state and local health officials' and other stakeholders' needs and desires for public health expenditures information. 3.Develop an understanding of the pros and cons to various approaches for collecting expenditures data
Keywords: Financing, Essential Public Health Services
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.