What are the most important unintended consequences?
Many of the responses to this item overlapped with those to question #2 on concerns, and were synthesized with those. The bullets below highlight potential unintended consequences. • Experienced professionals leaving public health for fear of failure • Lowers public expectation of what PHAs are capable of • Budget cuts if public health agency doing “more” than what is needed. • Reallocations of budget if doing more than minimum in certain areas • Collapse of local governmental public health if agencies are forced out of business if they don’t meet standards – instead of receiving support to improve services, regionalize, or otherwise share services • Functions that are not measured may not be perceived as important or worthy of funding – and these may be unique needs of the population they serve. • Lose local focus if national mandate to do certain things • Agencies serving particular types of populations or communities may find it harder to meet accreditation standards, and if tied to
