Do Nonprofit Hospitals Evaluate Their Community Benefit Activities?

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP
Henry S Stabler, James W Begun

Abstract

Nonprofit hospitals in the United States are required to conduct a community health needs assessment (CHNA) every 3 years to identify the most pressing health issues in their community and then develop an implementation strategy for addressing these health issues. CHNA reports must include "evaluation of the impact of any actions that were taken to address the significant health needs identified in the immediately preceding CHNA." To determine whether and how nonprofit hospitals are responding to the requirement to evaluate their implementation strategies addressing their community's priority health needs. Using content analysis, we reviewed CHNA reports of all Minnesota nonprofit hospitals (n = 96) since regulations were finalized in December 2014. Nonprofit hospitals in Minnesota. Reports were coded to determine whether hospitals are responding to the evaluation requirement and the types of evaluation measures (process vs outcome indicators) used to assess hospitals' activities. Most of the reports (116 of 136 reports, or 85.3%) include narrative evaluating community benefit programs, showing widespread conformity with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) mandate. All of the evaluations use process indicators, such as the numbe...Continue Reading

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