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Engaging Underserved Populations in Affordable Care Act-required Needs Assessments
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 25, Number 1, February 2014 Supplement
- pp. 11-18
- 10.1353/hpu.2014.0060
- Article
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This article presents information on an Affordable Care Act-mandated community health needs assessment process, which brought four hospitals and a foundation in Pennsylvania together to imbue the assessment with community contributions. Community health needs assessments that engage underserved communities can be powerful symbols of hospitals’ interest in and commitment to finding solutions.