The Role of Public Health Expenditures in COVID-19 control: Evidence from Local Governments in England

• Main Authors: Arnab Acharya (Author), Carrie Wolfson (Author), Sasmira Matta (Author), Carolina Cardona (Author), Sneha Lamba (Author), David Bishai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For over 150 years the local health departments of England have been critical in controlling 19th and 20th century infectious epidemics. However, recent administrative changes have hollowed out their flexibility to serve communities. We use administrative data on past budgetary allocations per capit...