PMID- 33208720
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211015
LR  - 20230929
IS  - 1550-5022 (Electronic)
IS  - 1078-4659 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 5
DP  - 2021 Sep-Oct 01
TI  - Impact of Accreditation on Health Department Financial Resources.
PG  - 501-507
LID - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001278 [doi]
AB  - CONTEXT: There is limited data available on the financial benefits of public 
      health accreditation. OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the financial impacts 
      reported by public health departments as a result of participating in the Public 
      Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) national accreditation program. DESIGN: Data 
      from an ongoing survey of outcomes among health departments accredited for 1 year 
      were linked to PHAB administrative data on health department characteristics to 
      examine self-reported financial impacts of accreditation as of June 2020. 
      SETTING: Accredited public health departments in the United States. PARTICIPANTS: 
      Leadership from 214 unique state, local, Tribal, and Army installation health 
      departments that had been accredited for 1 year by PHAB. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 
      Improved utilization of resources, increased competitiveness for funding 
      opportunities, and new funding resulting from accreditation. RESULTS: One year 
      following accreditation, 57% of all responding health departments reported 
      improved utilization of resources whereas less than half reported improved 
      competitiveness for funding (39%) and new funding (23%) as a result of 
      accreditation. Health departments reporting new funding as a result of 
      accreditation, compared with those that did not report new funding, were also 
      more likely to report other outcomes from accreditation, including improved staff 
      competencies, increased health department capacity to address health priorities 
      and provide high-quality programs and services, increased use of evidence-based 
      practices, new opportunities for external partnerships and collaboration, 
      improved understanding of the health department's role among governing entities 
      and policy makers, and improved credibility. Accredited local health departments 
      (LHDs) with annual budgets less than $10 million reported new funding more often 
      than LHDs with larger annual budgets. CONCLUSIONS: Accredited health departments 
      that reported new funding were also more likely to report other outcomes of 
      accreditation, including improved staff competencies, new partnerships, and 
      improved credibility. More research is needed to further understand the 
      relationship between accreditation and financial impacts.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Heffernan, Megan
AU  - Heffernan M
AD  - NORC at the University of Chicago, Bethesda, Maryland.
FAU - Kennedy, Mallory
AU  - Kennedy M
FAU - Gonick, Shannon A
AU  - Gonick SA
FAU - Siegfried, Alexa L
AU  - Siegfried AL
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
PL  - United States
TA  - J Public Health Manag Pract
JT  - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
JID - 9505213
MH  - *Accreditation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Local Government
MH  - Public Health Administration
MH  - *Quality Improvement
MH  - Self Report
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2020/11/20 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/16 06:00
CRDT- 2020/11/19 05:34
PHST- 2020/11/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/11/19 05:34 [entrez]
AID - 00124784-202109000-00010 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001278 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health Manag Pract. 2021 Sep-Oct 01;27(5):501-507. doi: 
      10.1097/PHH.0000000000001278.