Vermont
Public Health Funding: 2011
Public Health Funding measures the dollars per person that are spent on public or population health through funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Resources Services Administration and the state.
High spending on these health programs are indicative of states that are proactively implementing preventive and education programs targeted at improving the health of at-risk populations within a state. Recent research has shown that an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion annually within five years. This is a return of $5.60 for every $1 invested (see http://healthyamericans.org/reports/prevention08/Prevention08.pdf).
This measure does not include spending from other sources such as county or city governments nor does it include state spending for health that is included under other departmental spending such as education and transportation. Also, some funding from these three groups may be used to fund non-public health efforts. The ranks are based on data from Trust for America’s Health, Washington, D.C.
The measures tracked by America's Health Rankings are those actions that can
affect the future health of the population. For a state to improve the health of
its population, efforts must focus on these measures, these determinants of health.
Vermont
Public Health Funding
(2007-2011)
-
State funding dedicated to public health as well as federal funding directed to states by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration. (Collected by TFAH.)
| Edition |
|
Rank |
Value |
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2011 - Vermont
|
|
3
|
$153.54 |
