Mission Critical: The Essential Role of Not-for-Profit
Community Hospitals to California's Health Care System
(release date: 12/04/01)
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Study Finds Not-For-Profit Community Hospitals Serve Majority
of State’s Medi-Cal, Charity Care and Emergency Room Patients
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A first-of-its kind statewide study outlines the vital role of not-for-profit
community hospitals in the delivery of health care in California and specifically
in meeting the needs of the most vulnerable health care consumers. The report,
“Mission Critical”, found that not-for-profit community hospitals provide the
majority of services to California’s low income, underserved and emergency patients.
The report, available at www.cattaneostroud.com, also quantifies the community
benefits -- such as charity and indigent care, free health screenings and
immunizations, medical research, and community health education – provided by
California’s not-for-profit, community hospitals.
Lastly, the report identifies the mounting economic challenges facing not-for-profit
community hospitals and indeed the majority of all hospitals in California.
Mission Critical: The Essential Role of Not-for-Profit Community Hospitals
to California's Health Care Delivery System was authored by Penny Stroud,
a founder of Cattaneo & Stroud, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in
the health care industry.
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