title: Health assessment. Preparing for collaboration, hospitals find a guide for community service planning.
abstract: Though the premise behind community health assessment is simple, the process is not. Hospitals that have done assessments have a wide variety of stories to tell.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States