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Article: CHW Research Pinpoints U.S. Health Disparity; Highest Need Communities Twice as Likely to Experience Preventable Hospitalizations.
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- March 10, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) has taken an innovative step toward improving the health of disadvantaged communities throughout the United States with today's release of its Community Need Index (CNI), which pinpoints health disparity for every zip code in the nation.
CHW developed the national index in partnership with Solucient, the nation's leading source of information products for the healthcare industry, to help health care organizations, non-profits, and policy makers identify and address barriers to health care access in their communities.
The CNI aggregates five socioeconomic indicators long known to contribute to health ...