Broward County Health Plan

Broward County Health Plan Overview

BRHPC developed the Broward County Health Plan to provide a comprehensive analysis of the community, the healthcare system, and the factors that influence health and access to care. The Plan covers topics ranging from labor force statistics to immunization rates, reflecting the broad scope of public health and the relationship between socioeconomic conditions and community health. For example, education and crime can significantly affect individual and community health.

County Health Rankings – Broward County Health Snapshot: 

Broward County Health Snapshot 2011–2023

Florida Department of Health in Broward County (FDOHBC) Publications:

2019–2024 Broward County Community Health Assessment

2021–2026 Community Health Improvement Plan

State Health Improvement Plan

Broward County Health Plan Chapters:

Below is an overview of each chapter of the Broward County Health Plan.

PDFs are available for each chapter.

Chapter I: Regional Profile – provides demographic and socioeconomic indicators that shape health status and affect the distribution of health resources, service utilization, and healthcare financing.

Chapter II: Health Status – outlines community health status across six categories: Maternal and Child Health, Behavioral Health, Environmental and Community Health, Access to Care, Oral Health, and Morbidity and Mortality.

Chapter III: Health Resources – provides an overview of healthcare resources available in Broward County, emphasizing the range and accessibility of services that support community needs.

Chapter IV: Healthcare Utilization – provides an overview of healthcare utilization throughout Broward County’s hospital systems, including seasonal fluctuations and annual totals.

Chapter V: Benchmarks – measures progress toward health improvement goals, compares Broward County with state and national trends, and highlights community interventions across health sectors. 

Chapter VI: Health Data Warehouse – analyzes key Health Indicator modules from the Health Data Warehouse, including (1) Prevention Quality Indicators, which identify potentially avoidable hospital admissions; (2) inpatient chronic conditions categorized by ICD-9 codes; (3) suicide incidence; (4) emergency department acuity stratification based on CPT codes; and (5) the NYU Algorithm for identifying preventable or avoidable emergency department admissions.

2025 Broward County Health Profile – provides a synopsis of Broward County health indicators. It is a compilation of statistics at the county and state levels, including population demographics, socioeconomic factors, leading causes of death, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, healthcare utilization, healthcare access and prevention quality indicators.