Cost, Quality, and Value of Public Health Services

To optimize the value of public health investments, evidence is needed to identify both the effectiveness and the efficiency of the services provided to communities. Public health services and systems researchers are investigating strategies to improve the quality and value of public health services.


STUDY RESEARCHERS

Multi-Network Practice and Outcome Variation Studies (MPROVE)

Colorado Public Health PBRN
Florida Public Health PBRN
Minnesota Public Health PBRN
New Jersey Public Health PBRN
Tennessee Public Health PBRN

Washington Public Health PBRN

Delivery and Cost Studies (DACS)

California Public Health PBRN & Public Health Institute
Colorado Public Health PBRN & Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials
Connecticut Public Health PBRN &
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
Florida Public Health PBRN &
University of Florida
Nebraska Public Health PBRN &
University of Nebraska Medical Center
New Hampshire Public Health PBRN &
University of New Hampshire
New Jersey Public Health PBRN & Foundation for Healthcare Advancement
New York Public Health PBRN
North Carolina Public Health PBRN
Ohio Public Health PBRN &
Case Western Reserve University
Washington Public Health PBRN &
University of Washington

Dissemination and Implementation Research to Improve Value (DIRECTIVE)

California PBRN & Alabama PBRN

Colorado PBRN, Nebraska PBRN, & Kansas PBRN

Connecticut PBRN & Massachusetts PBRN

Washington PBRN, Wisconsin PBRN, New York PBRN, & Oregon PBRN

Quality Improvement & Public Health Accreditation Readiness

Elizabeth Gyllstrom & Bill Riley
Britney Johnson
Georgia Public Health PBRN
Nebraska Public Health PBRN
Minnesota Public Health PBRN
Kate Beatty &

Missouri Public Health PBRN
Kentucky Public Health PBRN
Georgia Public Health PBRN
Missouri Public Health PBRN
Minnesota Public Health PBRN
Nebraska Public Health PBRN
Washington Public Health PBRN

Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing & Consolidation of Public Health Agencies

Susan J. Zahner & Kusuma Madamala
Ohio Public Health PBRN
Massachusetts Public Health PBRN
Nancy Young,
Wisconsin Public Health PBRN
Amanda Wilbur & Nanette Yandell
Maureen Berner &

Jill Moore

Additional Studies

William Livingood 
Laura D. Cassidy
Theresa Green
Kaja Abbas
New York Public Health PBRN
Wisconsin Public Health PBRN
North Carolina Public Health PBRN
Anna Schenck
Nathan Hale
Thomas Burke & Beth Resnick
Maggie Paul
Washington Public Health PBRN
Wisconsin Public Health PBRN
Connecticut Public Health PBRN
Ohio Public Health PBRN
Colorado Public Health PBRN
Phaedra Corso
L. Michele Issel & Arden Handler
Simone Singh
Ohio Public Health PBRN
Michael Fiore & Paula Keller
Timothy Brown
Mahmud Khan
Thaddeus Miller
Betty Bekemeier
Connecticut Public Health PBRN
Maria Del Mar Landron
Kate Beatty &
Missouri Public Health PBRN
Kentucky Public Health PBRN
Georgia Public Health PBRN
Missouri Public Health PBRN
Minnesota Public Health PBRN
Nebraska Public Health PBRN
Washington Public Health PBRN
Florida Public Health PBRN
North Carolina Public Health PBRN
Tamar Klaiman
Helen Wu
Stan Finkelstein &
Richard Larson
Julia Heany
Gregg Gonzalves 
Van Do-Reynoso 

Georgia Public Health PBRN

Laura Hitchcok and the Washington Public Health PBRN