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What if your local hospital invested in improving the health of the communities they serve? What if your local hospital created a community benefits agreement?
0.4%
of total hospital expenditures were devoted to community health improvement
Levels of hospital investment in activities that improve population health are modest. A 2018 IRS report calculated that in 2014 nonprofit hospitals spent 7.5% of total expenses on community benefit investments, but less than one half percent (0.4%) of total hospital expenditures were devoted to community health improvement activities.
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