Public Health and Primary Care: Competition or Collaboration Academic Article

abstract

• In this commentary, the authors summarize and discuss some of the concerns presented in the papers herein, including issues of funding, skill sets and education. They present two key steps we could take across this country to ensure the long-term viability of public health within our healthcare system and ensure that public health and population goals are shared widely across our health systems.

authors

• Brown, Adalsteinn
• Upshur, Ross
• Sullivan, Terrence

status

• published 

publication date

• October 30, 2013

has subject area

• Canada (MeSH)
• Cooperative Behavior (MeSH)
• Decision Making, Organizational (MeSH)
• Financing, Government (MeSH)
• Health Policy (MeSH)
• Health Policy & Services (Science Metrix)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Primary Health Care (MeSH)
• Public Health Administration (MeSH)

published in

• Healthcare Papers  Journal

keywords

• Canada
• Cooperative Behavior
• Decision Making, Organizational
• Financing, Government
• Health Policy
• Humans
• Primary Health Care
• Public Health Administration

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.12927/hcpap.2014.23690

PubMed ID

• 24524565

start page

• 4

end page

• 8

volume

• 13

issue

• 3