The development and implementation of a new hospital performance measure to assess hospital contributions to community health and equity.

Caroline F PlottRachel L J ThorntonEkta PunwaniIrene Dankwa-MullanHema KarunakaramKelly Jean Thomas CraigKyu RheeJoshua M Sharfstein

Published in: Health services research (2022)

There is broad interest in measuring hospital contributions to community health with a focus on equity. Many highly ranked hospitals report meeting best practice standards, but significant gaps remain. Improving measurement to incentivize greater hospital contributions to community health and equity is an important priority.

Keyphrases

healthcare
acute care
primary care
adverse drug
emergency department
public health
electronic health record