More than 360,000 lives touched through community outreach activities. Over $189 million provided in charity and other unreimbursed care. More than 13,000 health professionals in training, learning or refreshing the skills they need to care for future generations of patients. Large numbers by any measure.
Numbers don’t tell the complete story, however. These numbers represent real people with real need. People like Margareth Halls and her daughter, concerned about how they would be able to pay for Margareth’s hospitalization at Boone Hospital Center with limited Social Security income.
Or Michelle, a grieving mother who learned she was not alone in the pain of losing a child when she attended a “Weavings” retreat offered by BJC Hospice. Or the 500 refugee children who received immunizations through the St. Louis Children’s Hospital Healthy Kids Express to be able to attend day care and school so their parents could work to help the family fulfill their American dream.
BJC HealthCare and its member hospitals and health service organizations provided more than $374 million in free medical care, health professionals education, medical research and community health initiatives during 2008.
BJC Community Benefit in Action
| Charity Care |
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| Charity care at cost |
$30.7 million |
| Unreimbursed Medicaid at cost |
$73.6 million |
| Charity-eligible care at cost |
$85 million |
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| Safety Net Services |
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| Subsidized services |
$37 million |
| Emergency response planning |
$1.2 million |
| Donations to community groups |
$5.9 million |
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| Education & Research |
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| Educating health professionals |
$104.9 million 13,125 students |
| Medical research |
$20.1 million |
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| Community Health Programs |
$15.6 million supporting more than 360,000 individuals |
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| Total |
$374 million |