US local public health department spending between 2008 and 2016 did not increase for communities in need

• Main Authors: Olivia Reszczynski (Author), John Connolly (Author), Kaitlyn Shultz (Author), Sheila Kelly (Author), Nandita Mitra (Author), Jeffrey Hom (Author), Atheendar Venkataramani (Author), Krisda H. Chaiyachati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Greater US local public health department (LPHD) spending has been associated with decreases in population-wide mortality. We examined the association between changes in LPHD spending between 2008 and 2016 and county-level sociodemographic indicators of public health need. Method...