{"title":"Breaking through to improved community health.","authors":"Linda Dicks","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Michigan's nonprofit community hospitals serve the state's citizens in extraordinary ways--regardless of whether anyone pays for that service. In 2001, these community-based organizations provided $885 million in free health care to area residents who were uninsured or otherwise could not pay for it. In addition, the state's nonprofit hospitals contributed more than $276 million in services such as health education, outreach, screening, counseling and free clinics. The total worth of these traditional and nontraditional benefits to Michigan communities in 2001 was a staggering $1.16 billion.</p>","PeriodicalId":80083,"journal":{"name":"Michigan health & hospitals","volume":"39 4","pages":"59-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2003-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Michigan health & hospitals","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Michigan's nonprofit community hospitals serve the state's citizens in extraordinary ways--regardless of whether anyone pays for that service. In 2001, these community-based organizations provided $885 million in free health care to area residents who were uninsured or otherwise could not pay for it. In addition, the state's nonprofit hospitals contributed more than $276 million in services such as health education, outreach, screening, counseling and free clinics. The total worth of these traditional and nontraditional benefits to Michigan communities in 2001 was a staggering $1.16 billion.