Sole Hospital Commitment to Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Services: Does Ownership Matter?

Author:

Zhao Mei1,Carretta Henry J.1,Hurley Robert E.1

Affiliation:

1. Virginia Commonwealth University

Abstract

Hospitals have been increasingly involved in health promotion and disease prevention (HPDP) in the last two decades. Concurrent with this trend, environmental changes and market pressures have resulted in more hospital consolidations and conversions from not-for-profit (NFP) to for-profit (FP) organizations. The emergence of a large number of sole community hospitals has attracted the attention of policy-makers and community stakeholders because sole community hospitals have more power in the local market and may discontinue unprofitable services to pursue profit maximization. This may be especially true when the sole hospital is a FP organization. On the other hand, sole community hospitals are confronted with a variety of expectations to offer community-oriented services that promote community population health, regardless of ownership. There is relatively little literature that has attempted to examine the behavior of sole community hospitals. This study depicts the profile of sole hospitals’ involvement in HPDP services and estimates the possible influence of community constituencies on hospitals with respect to their providing community-oriented services. The results indicate that typically, when there is only one hospital in the community, hospital ownership has no significant influence on hospital HPDP services than their NPD counterparts. Implications for policy-makers and health care leaders are also discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Reference39 articles.

1. American Hospital Association (2001). “American Hospital Association News 2001.” Chicago: Author.

2. AHA Center for Health Care Leadership (1997). “Community Health Initiatives: Activities of Selected State and Metropolitan Associations.” Chicago: Author, AHA Annual Survey, 1970–1999.

3. Hospital Conversion Foundations

4. Hospital Ownership, Performance, and Outcomes

5. Public Policy Issues In Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3