Budget cuts and U.S. Poison Centers - regional challenges create a nationwide problem.
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
; 47(8): 790-1, 2009 Sep.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19778189
ABSTRACT
Federal funding of poison centers (PCs) in the United States was established in 2000 through the Poison Control Center Enhancement and Awareness Act. Unfortunately, the problems with financial stability of PCs that this legislation was intended to improve persist because of continued reliance on fragile local funding sources. In the past few months budget cuts have had an impact on PC activity and threaten the continued existence of a nationwide network of PCs in the United States. This commentary discusses the problems faced by PCs in this changing environment and illustrates the many competing tasks that the PC network performs for the U.S. population. PCs face continuing challenges in coming months and a unified approach at a national level may provide the best opportunity for a solution to this crisis.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Estado_mercado_regulacao
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Financiamentos_gastos
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Gestao
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Centros de Controle de Intoxicações
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Regionalização da Saúde
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Orçamentos
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Financiamento Governamental
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Política de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Toxicol (Phila)
Assunto da revista:
TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos