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- Title
Overview of the Most Commonly Identified Public Health Needs and Strategies in a Nationally Representative Sample of Nonprofit Hospitals.
- Authors
Franz, Berkeley; Cronin, Cory E.; Yeager, Valerie A.; Burns, Ashlyn; Singh, Simone R.
- Abstract
Nonprofit hospitals have been required to conduct Community Health Needs Assessments and develop implementation strategies for almost a decade, yet little is known about this process on the national level. Using a nationally representative dataset of 2019 to 2021 nonprofit hospital community benefit reports, we assessed patterns in hospital identification of community health needs and investments in corresponding programs. The five most common needs identified by hospitals were mental health (identified by 87% of hospitals), substance use (76%), access (73%), social determinants of health (69%), and chronic disease (67%). The five most common needs addressed were: mental health (87%), access (81%), substance use (77%), chronic disease (72%), and obesity (71%). Institutional and community-level factors were associated with whether hospitals identified and addressed health needs. Hospitals often addressed needs that they did not identify, particularly related to the provision of medical services—which has important implications for population health improvement.
- Subjects
VOLUNTARY hospitals; PUBLIC health; SOCIAL determinants of health; UNCOMPENSATED medical care; PSYCHIATRIC hospitals; POPULATION health
- Publication
Medical Care Research & Review, 2023, Vol 80, Issue 3, p342
- ISSN
1077-5587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10775587221135365