Concept information
Preferred term
charity care
Definition(s)
- Charity care may be generally defined as the financially quantifiable costs of activities, services, or programs that a hospital provides for individuals and for which the hospital does not expect to be compensated, whether fully or in part. This entry examines the role of charity care for nonprofit hospitals, as compared with their for-profit counterparts, the expectations, approaches, and measurement of charity care, and the legal ramifications and policy implications of charity care. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; Charity Care]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CPQ9VKV3-R
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