The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #50416

Johanna Bell and Traci Tunkelrott, MPP. The Lewin Group, 3130 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 800, Falls Church, VA 22042, 703.269.5500, johanna.bell@lewin.com

Three major auto corporations and the International Union,United Autos Workers have been working together for more than five years to assess the health in communities with auto plants. The goal is to engage the full community in a process for improving health status and the efficiency of the health care system with the expectation that this will also control health care costs. The Lewin Group, under contract with the union and autos corporation, compiles quanitative and qualitative data to create a Community Assessment Factbook for each community to use as a planning and priority setting tool. The information is "benchmarked" with similar communities, national norms, and consensus based standards. One unique aspect of the factbook is a "Value Section" that compares quality, service utilization, cost, and payment indicators of the target community with comparison community benchmarks. This session will present the outcomes of the assessment process in four communities.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to

• Describe the community health assessment and planning process supported in 7 communities by the Chyrsler, Ford, and GM corporations and the International Union, United Auto Workers (UAW)
• Understand the use of quantitative and qualitative data used to conduct the community assessment.
• Articulate the potential for health system improvements and cost savings generated by this partnership for the communities, union and corporations.

Keywords: Cost Issues, Community Health Assessment

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.