Uncompensated care is rising for U.S. hospitals
Case Management Weekly, December 21, 2005
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U.S. hospitals provided $26.9 billion in uncompensated care in 2004, up from $24.9 billion in 2003, according to the latest American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals. The survey measure includes charity care and bad debt, valued at the cost to the hospital of the services provided. The amount of uncompensated care provided by hospitals has increased by $5.3 billion, or more than 25%, since 2000. AHA President Dick Davidson said in a statement that almost all hospitals provide patients with care, health education, and disease prevention regardless of insurance status.
Source: American Hospital Association
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