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Investment in school health centers grows
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Oct. 1, 2012
Eighteen states provide money for health centers in schools, and funding grew despite ongoing economic trouble that has pressured government budgets, according to a survey by the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care released Sept. 13.
States invested $89.6 million in 2011 in clinics staffed by physicians, nurses and other practitioners. This represented a growth of 8% from the $83 million put toward the clinics by states in 2008. The survey is conducted every two to three years, and data for the intervening years are not available.
Funding for school health centers has grown 122% since 1996. Much of the money comes from state general funds, but some is from tobacco settlement accounts.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/10/01/bibf1001.htm.