Our Challenge There is a mismatch between what creates “health” and how we allocate our overall health spending. “Personal” healthcare spending per capita in 2014 was $9,523. In contrast, combined federal and state funding for the health of the public as a community was $250 per capita. The ratio is 38:1. During the same decades that […]
Author Archives: Robert Ferrer
Robert Ferrer, MD, MPH is the Dr. John M. Smith, Jr. Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He has been a board member of The Bexar County Health Collaborative since 2012 and is currently serving as its Chair for 2016-17.
