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Charity‑care report: citywide patient counts rose while hospital trends varied
Summary
DPH presented a FY2019–2021 charity‑care report showing a 13% increase in charity‑care patients and a 19% increase in expenditures citywide; ZSFG and UCSF drove the net rise through policy changes while several hospitals saw decreases related to COVID‑era utilization and coverage gains.
Max Gara, senior health program planner, presented the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s combined FY2019–2021 charity‑care report to the Health Commission.
Gara summarized the ordinance framework (San Francisco’s 2001 charity‑care ordinance requires hospital reporting), explained that eight hospitals submitted data, and described several drivers behind observed trends. Citywide, the number of unduplicated charity‑care patients increased roughly 13% between the pre‑pandemic baseline and the combined…
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