That number reflects programs and services in the following groups: Unpaid costs of patient care, which includes charity care services for the uninsured ($2.3 billion); community health improvement services, which includes healthcare services such as clinics, screenings and health education programming ($58.7 million); health professions education, which includes graduate medical education and residency programs ($138.5 million); and other community benefit services and programs, which includes initiatives that “may not be related to healthcare, but address a unique community need” ($355.9 million).
According to the report, the total represents over 3,400 individual programs and over 13.5 million distinct “‘service encounters’ with community services.”
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