Resource Summary
This article provides an overview of the work of the Center for Sharing Public Health Services. In a question and answer session with Center’s Co-Director Patrick Libbey, the article examines the reasons for the growth of shared public health service arrangements and the spectrum of arrangements, potential benefits in cost-efficiencies and improved service capabilities and capacities, and the elements of a successful sharing relationship.
Available online: http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/new-public-health/2012/06/patrick-libbey-qa-sharing-across-public-health-department-jurisdictions.html