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

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and implement a measure of how US hospitals contribute to community health with a focus on equity.

Data sources

Primary data from public comments and hospital surveys and secondary data from the IBM Watson Top 100 Hospitals program collected in the United States in 2020 and 2021.

Study design

A thematic analysis of public comments on the proposed measure was conducted using an iterative grounded approach for theme identification. A cross-sectional survey of 207 hospitals was conducted to assess self-attestation to 28 community health best practice standards in the revised measure. An analysis of hospital rankings before and after inclusion of the new measure was performed.

Data collection/extraction methods

Public comment on the proposed me

SUBMITTER: Plott CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9660406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature