Priest Chad, Stryckman Benoit
1Indiana University School of Medicine,Department of Emergency Medicine,Division of Out of Hospital Care, andIndiana University Center for Law,Economics and Applied Research in Health Information,Indianapolis,Indiana.
2GAP Solutions Inc. (contractor) supporting the US Department of Health and Human Services,Washington,DC.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015 Dec;9(6):704-11. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2015.147.
This study aimed to identify the indirect benefits of health care preparedness funding as perceived by current and former recipients of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response's Hospital Preparedness Program.
This was a qualitative inductive content analysis of telephone interviews conducted with regional stakeholders from several health care coalitions to identify their perceptions of the indirect benefits of preparedness funding.
Content analysis of interviewee responses resulted in 2 main categories of indirect benefits of federal health care preparedness funding: (1) dual-use technology and programs and (2) impact of relationships on day-to-day operations. Within the dual-use technology and programs category, 3 subcategories were identified: (1) information systems, (2) clinical technology, and (3) health care operations. Similarly, 3 subcategories relating to the indirect benefits in the impact of relationships on day-to-day operations category were identified: (1) cooperation, (2) information sharing, and (3) sense of community.
This study identified indirect benefits of federal investment in hospital and health care preparedness in day-to-day operations. Major categories of these benefits included dual-use technology and programs and impact of relationships on day-to-day operations. Coalition members placed a high value on these benefits, even though they were not direct outcomes of grant programs. Further research is needed to quantify the economic value of these indirect benefits to more accurately measure the total return on investment from federal grant funding.
本研究旨在确定美国卫生与公众服务部助理部长准备与响应办公室医院准备计划的现任和前任受助者所认为的医疗准备资金的间接效益。
这是一项对来自几个医疗联盟的地区利益相关者进行电话访谈的定性归纳内容分析，以确定他们对准备资金间接效益的看法。
对受访者回答的内容分析得出联邦医疗准备资金间接效益的2个主要类别：（1）两用技术和计划，以及（2）关系对日常运营的影响。在两用技术和计划类别中，确定了3个子类别：（1）信息系统，（2）临床技术，以及（3）医疗运营。同样，在关系对日常运营的影响类别中，确定了与间接效益相关的3个子类别：（1）合作，（2）信息共享，以及（3）社区意识。
本研究确定了联邦在医院和医疗准备方面的投资在日常运营中的间接效益。这些效益的主要类别包括两用技术和计划以及关系对日常运营的影响。联盟成员高度重视这些效益，尽管它们不是拨款计划的直接成果。需要进一步研究来量化这些间接效益的经济价值，以便更准确地衡量联邦拨款资金的总投资回报率。
