The AHA’s report contains data from nearly 5,000 hospitals in the United States. The uncompensated care figures represent the estimated cost of bad debt and charity care to the hospital, and the figures do not include Medicare or Medicaid underpayment costs.
The $39.3 billion in uncompensated care in 2010 represented 5.8 percent of total hospital expenses. In the past 30 years, the year in which uncompensated care represented the largest portion of total hospital expenses was 1986, when it totaled 6.4 percent.
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