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2008 Community Benefit Report
Personal touches tell the story of hospitals' benefit to their community - a $1.8 billion story of compassionate, quality caring. OHA's 2008 statewide Community Benefit Report is dedicated to the men and women working in Ohio's hospitals with special thanks for the personal touches that are second nature to them and make a world of difference to their patients. View the 2008 Community Benefit Report

  
2008 Community Benefit Report
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   2007 Community Benefit Report
 
Community Benefit
Medicaid Losses................................$649.8 million
Charity Care.......................................$867.9 million
Community Activity Expenses.............$899.3 million
HCAP Reimbursement......................- $326.4 million
Medicare DSH Reimbursement..........- $263.1 million
NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT...........$1.8 billion
Other Considerations
Medicare Losses................................$704.4 million
Bad Debt...........................................$560.7 million
TOTAL SERVICE TO OHIOANS.........$3.1 billion

2008 Community Benefit Report
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News coverage
Columbus Dispatch,  6-11-08
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 6-11-08
Dayton Daily News, 6-10-08

Related Resource
ODH Report
The Economic Impact of the Health Sector in Rural Ohio, 2006 (June 2008)

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