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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2016

Accountability for Community Benefit: A Reasonable Expectation for Canadian Hospitals.

J Ross Graham

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Letter to the Editor - Eulogy for the Canadian health-promoting hospitals movement.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

J Ross GrahamRoyal Jubilee Hospital, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Royal Jubilee Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

North American hospitals have historically struggled to engage in prevention and health promotion activities because they have not been incentivized or held accountable for doing so. However, in order to be exempt from federal taxes, 3,000 non-profit hospitals in the US must now regularly assess the health status of the communities they serve, and take action to address identified health needs. This is called "accountability for community benefit," and it is required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare). A modified version of accountability for community benefit warrants exploration in the Canadian context, as it may support Canadian hospitals to direct resources towards prevention and health promotion activities - something many Canadian hospitals want to do, but struggle with in the current accountability environment. This is an important health policy topic because even a small shift in focus by hospitals towards prevention and health promotion has the potential to improve population health and reduce healthcare demand.

Indexed as

HospitalsSocial ResponsibilityCanadaHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth StatusHumansLegislation, HospitalPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActPublic HealthUnited States

Identifiers

PMID27232233
PMCPMC4872549
OpenAlexW2400647740

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