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Charity care report: San Francisco charity-care patients decline but traditional charity care remains essential
Summary
DPH presented the FY2016 Charity Care Report showing citywide unduplicated charity-care patients fell from about 60,671 in FY2015 to 51,569 in FY2016 (15% decline); expenditures stabilized around $85 million while uncompensated care including medical shortfall totaled roughly $661 million.
The Department of Public Health presented the FY2016 Charity Care Report to the Health Commission, summarizing citywide trends across eight reporting hospitals.
Krishna Patel (Office of Policy and Planning) said unduplicated charity-care patients declined from about 60,671 in fiscal year 2015 to 51,569 in fiscal year 2016, a roughly 15 percent reduction. She described charity-care expenditures as…
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