The role of patient and family advisory boards in promoting greater attention to patient social needs by U.S. acute care hospitals.
| Autor: | Hearld, Larry R., Jennings, J'Aime, Hubbard, Demetria, Seung-Yup Lee, Hearld, Kristine R. |
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HEALTH services administration
POISSON distribution SOCIAL determinants of health INCOME SECONDARY analysis FOOD security MEDICAL care FAMILY roles HOSPITALS CHI-squared test MULTIVARIATE analysis DESCRIPTIVE statistics SURVEYS CONCEPTUAL structures HEALTH behavior RESEARCH STATISTICS NEEDS assessment HOUSING stability PUBLIC health HEALTH equity FACTOR analysis CONFIDENCE intervals CRITICAL care medicine EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL isolation |
| Zdroj: | Health Care Management Review; Oct-Dec2024, Vol. 49 Issue 4, p311-322, 12p |
| Abstrakt: | Background: There is growing attention to individual-level patient social needs such as unstable housing and food insecurity. Such considerations, however, have historically been the purview of public health and have not been a priority of more traditional health care delivery organizations, such as acute care hospitals. Purpose: The purpose of this studywas to examinewhether the presence of patient and family advisory boards (PFABs) among acute care community hospitals was associated with screening for and programs to address patient social needs. Methods: We used a secondary data set derived fromthe American Hospital Association's 2020 and 2021 annual surveys, along with multinomial and negative binomial regression models to assess the relationship between the presence/absence of a PFAB and the likelihood of offering and the number of areas addressed by social needs screening programs. Results: More than half (55.9%) of all responding hospitals reported having a PFAB in 2020 (55.9%) and 2021 (52.7%). The presence of a PFAB among hospitals was significantly associated with patient social needs screening, more areas addressed by programs, and more types of partners to address these needs. Conclusions: Community hospitals with a PFAB have more robust programs and partnerships to address patient social needs. Practice Implications: Hospital leaders should consider going beyond simply establishing programs to address social needs but also consider comprehensiveness of these programs to recognize the intersectionality of social needs. One way to do this is to formally establish a PFAB to help hospitals better identify and prioritize the needs in local communities and design social needs programs/solutions that are patient- and family-centric. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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