Community Health Needs Assessment 2012 - Saint Joseph Hospital

Community Health Needs Assessment 2013
Because over 63 percent of Saint Joseph Berea’s discharges originate in Madison County, it collaborated
with the Madison County Health Department in conducting its community health needs assessment.
Jackson, Rockcastle and Garrard Counties are also served by served by Saint Joseph Berea but in a much
smaller capacity.
Exhibit 1
Saint Joseph Berea CHNA Community
Summary of Inpatient Discharges by Zip Code (Descending Order)
7/1/11 – 6/30/12
Zip Code City County Discharges
% of Total Discharges
40403 Berea Madison 625 51.1%
40447 McKee Jackson 172 14.1%
40456 Mt. Vernon Rockcastle 66 5.4%
40461 Paint Lick Garrard 59 4.8%
40475 Richmond Madison 126 10.3%
40481 Sandgap Jackson 38 3.1%
The Community Needs Index (CNI) identifies the severity of health disparity for every zip code in the
United States and demonstrates the link between community need, access to care, and preventable hospitalizations.
The CNI uses research, literature and experiential evidence to identify top five prominent barriers
that enables them to quantify health care access in communities across the nation. These barriers include
those related to income, culture/language, education, insurance, and housing. Using this data a score is assigned
to each barrier condition (with 1 representing less community need and 5 representing more community
need). The scores are then aggregated and averaged for a final CNI score (each barrier receives
equal weight in the average). A score of 1.0 indicates a zip code with the lowest socio-economic barriers,
while a score of 5.0 represents a zip code with the most socio-economic barriers.
The CNI for Saint Joseph Berea’s service area is presented in Exhibit 2 on the following page.
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