Non-profit hospital community benefit spending based on local sociodemographics.

ABSTRACT: Non-profit hospitals are facing greater pressure to address the social determinants of health. Since 2012, with new requirements for greater transparency and community health needs assessments, non-profit tax exemption requirements are believed to incentivize investments in the community, particularly for vulnerable populations. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of community benefit spending by private, acute care, non-profit hospitals from 2012-2014 to measure if hospitals have begun to address local community needs. We measured total community benefit spending and two subsets of spending-health care-related expenditures and community-directed contributions-as the proportion of their total expenditure. We obtained sociodemographic characteristics for their community, defined by ZIP

SUBMITTER: Chaiyachati KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6425942 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature