PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

Discuss the anticipated financial impact of the following:

1. Public      health policy: social distancing
2. Public      health law: The CARES act

- Discuss funding sources for social distancing. 

- Based on your review of the most recent budget, discuss competing priorities (ex. Opening schools) and the likelihood of receiving funding for social distancing.

Length:  3- 4 pages, APA format, scholarly sources cited.

Useful Resources:

Gupta, S., Nguyen, T., Rojas, F., Raman, S., Lee, B., Bento, A., . . . Wing, C. (2020, April 23). Tracking Public and Private Responses to the COVID-19 Epidemic: Evidence from State and Local Government Actions. Retrieved July 19, 2020, from https://www.nber.org/papers/w27027.ack

Parrot, S., Stone, C., Huang, C., Leachman, M., Bailey, P., Aron-Ding, A., . . . Pavetti, L., PHD. (2020, April 06). CARES Act Includes Essential Measures to Respond to Public Health, Economic Crises, But More Will Be Needed. Retrieved July 19, 2020, from https://www.cbpp.org/research/economy/cares-act-includes-essential-measures-to-respond-to-public-health-economic-crises

Braendle, T., & Colombier, C. (2016). What drives public health care expenditure growth? Evidence from Swiss cantons, 1970–2012. Health Policy, 120(9), 1051-1060.

Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health. (2012). Reforming public health and its financing. Institute of Medicine. Retrieved from the NCBI website at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201015/

Sessions, S. Y. (2012). Financing state and local public health departments: A problem of chronic illness. Institute of Medicine. Retrieved from the NCBI website at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201021/

Ferneini E. M. (2020). The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Our Practice. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 78(7), 1047–1048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joms.2020.03.045