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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: Certificate of Need Challenges: Improving Quality, Meeting Needs and Assuring Access
3360.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Certificate of Need Challenges: Improving Quality, Meeting Needs and Assuring Access
This session would provide a panel of three active health care leaders representing states with comprehensive certificate of need (CON) programs. The format would include three 15-minute presentations of individual perceptions and experiences, followed by an extensive interactive debate and audience participation. The presenters will draw upon years of experience and assessment of CON programs around the United States, plus information from numerous studies and surveys. With 36 states (plus the District of Columbia) administering CON programs, the impact of CON effectively cuts across many sectors of our health care industry. The first session will address health care quality and the many ways in which effective regulation can impact various dimensions in health care delivery. The second session will address public need and the important methodologies used to assess the supply and demand of current and future health care system growth. The third session will address access for public and private health services, in institutional and outpatient settings in terms of geography, economy, culture and many other factors.
Learning Objectives: After attending this session, the participants would be able to: 1. Identify those aspects of CON regulation that most impact quality of care; 2. Learn the tools necessary to assess the factors necessary for adequate demonstration of public need; and 3. Gain a greater insight as to how CON should be used to assure reasonable access to health care services.
Organizer(s):Michael K. Dexter, MPA
Moderator(s):Thomas R. Piper, BArch
4:30 PMCertificate of Need Challenges: Meeting Community Needs
Thomas R. Piper, BArch
4:50 PMCertificate of Need Challenges: Assuring Access
Sonya R. Albury, MSW
5:10 PMCertificate of Need Challenges: Improving Quality  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael K. Dexter, MPA, Colleen Caron, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA