The Consolidation of the Health Departments in Summit County, Ohio

Resource Summary

This report provides a historical narrative of the process of consolidating three local health departments into one for an entire county. It provides details of how the political, legal, fiscal and administrative challenges to obtaining approval of the merger and of implementing it were met.

Harvard Kennedy School. (2012). The Consolidation of the Health Departments in Summit County, Ohio. Boston, MA: Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.