Nontraditional services provided by nonprofit and for-profit hospitals: Implications for community health

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Boscarino, JA [1 ]
Chang, J
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[1] Merck Medco, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 USA
[2] Ctr Dis Control, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
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10.1097/00115514-200003000-00011
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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In part because of reimbursement changes in the 1980s, hospitals became involved in health promotion and disease prevention activities often to attract patients. Today, these services may have an effect on the burden of disease and on illness prevention in some communities. Given the changes anticipated in healthcare delivery, assessing the scope of these services and integrating them with other private-public efforts is of utmost importance. Here we use a 1993 survey of all 4,977 private medical and surgical hospitals in the United States to determine the scope of disease prevention, health enhancement, and palliative services provided by facility type, geographic location, and institutional ownership. We found that church-operated and other nonprofit hospitals appear to provide a spectrum of palliative and preventive health services both for their patients and those in the local community. Given their apparent scope, these services could have an effect on the burden of disease and on illness prevention in many communities. With major changes anticipated in future healthcare delivery and the recent failures reported for many community health intervention programs, healthcare administrators need to focus on ways to integrate their services with other private and public health efforts. If this could be achieved, then private hospitals could be more successful in serving their local communities and in enhancing the public's health in the new century. This article outlines several basic steps to assist administrators in achieving these goals.
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