Community Hospital

Community Hospital

Introduction

In the United States, charity care (also acknowledged as care without compensation) is healthcare offered for free or at discounted prices to low-wage patients. The ratio of doctors offering charity care falls from 75% in 1996 to 1997 to 69% in 2004-2005. Possible rationales for the downfall take account of modifications in doctor practice and escalating financial burdens. In 2006, Governing Body examiners discovered that many healthcare centers did not notify patients that charity care was offered. Some for-profit healthcare centers offered as much unpaid care as some non-profit healthcare centers (Kathleen, 2006). This forms the groundwork ...