BACKGROUND Strengthening health research is an important objective for international health organisations, but there has been less attention to support for health research in Europe. We describe the public-health (population and organisational level) research systems in the 27 European Union countries. METHODS We developed a typology for describing health research structures based on funding ...

Knowledge The resident will demonstrate an adequate knowledge of: 1) Public funding for mental health services. (3,4,7-9,12) 2) Five public programs that provide funding for children’s mental health services. (1-3) 3) Medicaid eligibility requirements in their state. (3,4,7-9,12) 4) CHIP program eligibility requirements in their state. (3,4,7-9,12) 5) SAMHSA contributions to services and servic...

BACKGROUND Controversy and debate can arise whenever public health agencies determine how program funds should be allocated among constituent jurisdictions. Two common strategies for making such allocations are expert review of competitive applications and the use of funding formulas. Despite widespread use of funding formulas by public health agencies in the United States, formula allocation s...

After the events of September 11, 2001, federal funding for state public health preparedness programs increased from $67 million in fiscal year (FY) 2001 to approximately $1 billion in FY 2002. These funds were intended to support preparedness for and response to terrorism, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats and emergencies. The Council of State and Territorial Epidem...

1 Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the American Asso ciation for Cancer Research, April 1967, Chicago, Illinois. The work of the author and his associates was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society, the Medical Research Council, by Grants CA-04747 and CA-03700 from the National Cancer In stitute, USPHS, from the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund (DRG598), the Jane Coffin Childs Mem...

The key policy orientation underpinning these recommendations is that of SOCIAL SOLIDARITY. The fundamental concept for public policy aimed at addressing inequity and unfair access must be a public consensus about the degree of social solidarity required in financing health services; we believe this ought to mean social and political acceptance of the value that all citizens must receive equal ...