Hospital Leadership Recognizes Need to Create Partnerships to Treat Consequences of Poverty.

Creator(s)

Karen Cox, Children's Mercy Hospital
David H. Westbrook, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2017

Identifier

DOI: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.07.009

Abstract

In this paper, two senior administrative leaders at a tertiary care children's hospital explain why they decided to partner with a community organization in order to better fulfill the hospital mission.

Journal Title

Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care

Volume

47

Issue

9

First Page

229

Last Page

232

MeSH Keywords

Child, Preschool; Cooperative Behavior; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; Health Services Needs and Demand; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Leadership; Poverty

Keywords

Children's Hospitals; Charity Hospitals; Community Partnerships; Poverty

Recommended Citation

Cox K, Westbrook DH. Hospital Leadership Recognizes Need to Create Partnerships to Treat Consequences of Poverty. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2017;47(9):229-232. doi:10.1016/j.cppeds.2017.07.009