Identifying Indirect Benefits of Federal Health Care Emergency Preparedness Grant Funding to Coalitions: A Content Analysis

Abstract

This study identified indirect benefits of federal investment in hospital and health care preparedness in day-to-day operations. Major categories of these benefits included dual-use technology and programs and impact of relationships on day-to-day operations. Coalition members placed a high value on these benefits, even though they were not direct outcomes of grant programs. Further research is needed to quantify the economic value of these indirect benefits to more accurately measure the total return on investment from federal grant funding.

Investigating the Link between Community Planning and Engagement and Health Care Delivery Using the National Health Security Preparedness Index

“…Networks are built to promote consistent messaging and improve communications (Koh, Elqura, Judge, & Stoto, 2008). Benefits more specific to health preparedness include improving epidemiological capacity and developing local leadership (Avery & Wright, 2010), developing creative guidance for the care of children who have been traumatically injured (Burkle, Williams, & Kissoon 2013), and communication and relationship building (Priest & Stryckman, 2015).…”