Improving Public Health Safety Nets after an Economic Recession

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Sanjay Basu, Stanford University

Description/Abstract

When we say ‘here’s what’s going on with our nation’s health,’ how do we know the answer? Where is the data coming from? How can we best evaluate our public health system? We’re talking about it every day on CNN given the Ebola scare. What do we mean by our ‘public health system’? I would argue that we should expand our definition to mean something more than hospitals and clinics, or doctors and nurses. In particular, I’ll argue that some of our non-health programs that we have as part of the safety net actually make a bigger health impact than some of our public health programs. In trying to pursue the answer to the question of why this is the case can lend us some pretty important insights.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Date

10-2014

Language

English

Series

Reports Series

Acknowledgements

The Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, sponsored by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University and the Central New York Community Foundation, Inc., honors the memory of Herbert Lourie, MD, a distinguished Syracuse neurosurgeon, professor, and community leader for nearly 30 years. Generous contributions from his family, friends and colleagues, and former patients have endowed this series.

Disciplines

Economics | Finance and Financial Management | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Public Health | Sociology | Urban Studies and Planning

Additional Information

Policy brief no. 50

Recommended Citation

Basu, Sanjay, "Improving Public Health Safety Nets after an Economic Recession" (2014). Center for Policy Research. 280.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/280

Source

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