Using Public Expenditure Data to Predict Health Outcomes in National Rankings Models: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential Policy Impacts.

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College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona (Dr McCullough); and Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr Leider). Correspondence: J. Mac McCullough, PhD, MPH, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, 550 N. 3rd St, Phoenix, AZ 85004 (mcc[email protected]). This work was supported in part by a grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program, a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of County Health Rankings and Roadmaps program or the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.The authors declare no conflicts of interest.Supplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's Web site (http://www.JPHMP.com).