Charity care
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charity-care-283-12053122
title:
Charity care
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In the United States, charity care is health care provided for free or at reduced prices to low income patients. The percentage of doctors providing charity care dropped from 76% in 1996–97 to 68% in 2004–2005. Potential reasons for the decline include changes in physician practice patterns and increasing financial pressures. In 2006, Senate investigators found that many hospitals did not inform patients that charity care was available. Some for-profit hospitals provided as much charity care as
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encyclopedia
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Health care provided at no or low cost to low-income patients
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_care
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date modified:
2024-01-21T03:09:18Z
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