Public law 93-641, National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974.

Indicators of Community Health Status for Health Planning

The National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974 (P.L. 93 -641) mandates Health Systems Agencies (HSAs) to assess the health status of residents of their planning areas. To satisfy this mandate, HSAs must be able to measure health status and to give such measures empirical content. There are barriers to pursuing effectively both activities. First, it is not clear what dimensio...

Health planning for deregulation: implementing the 1979 amendments.

Its time was slow in coming, but the idea of deregulation of the health services industry must now be taken seriously. Although the option of letting market forces allocate resources to and within the health care industry has had academic support in the health policy debate for at least ten years,1 until very recently in policy circles there was a near consensus that the fundamental choice to r...

Should health systems agencies be involved in environmental health planning?

Public Law 93-641 provides health systems agencies (HSAs) with a broad planning preview which has enabled a number of agencies to address environmental health issues in their health systems plans. Opponents of HSA involvement in environmental health planning charge that these activities overextend agency resources, duplicate efforts of other government agencies and involve HSAs in "issues of pu...

Public Health Policy and Experience of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic in Pune, India

Background Prior experience and the persisting threat of influenza pandemic indicate the need for global and local preparedness and public health response capacity. The pandemic of 2009 highlighted the importance of such planning and the value of prior efforts at all levels. Our review of the public health response to this pandemic in Pune, India, considers the challenges of integrating global ...

National Health Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974.