BEVERLY HOSPITAL COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Beverly Hospital has concluded a 3-year comprehensive community
health needs assessment of certain cities and towns in its primary
service area. The overall goal of the assessment was to allow
the hospital to clarify the health needs and determine the
priorities of North Shore residents as well as its network of
health and service providers.
The project had two phases. Phase I consisted of a
thorough review of existing data from the Massachusetts Department
of Public Health. In phase II, a comprehensive community
survey was distributed to a random sample of 2400 households on the
North Shore. In addition, a series of community interviews
were conducted to help determine the leading health issues and
priorities. A final report was prepared from all the data
collected in both phases of the project.
In this section you will find the executive
summary of that report and tables outlining the findings. A demographic
breakdown of how healthy we are is available, as is a
chart comparing several measures such as risk factors
and chronic disease indicators.
