Half of all hospitals reported that charity care costs represented 1.4% or less of their operating expenses in 2020, though the level of charity care varied substantially across facilities


NOTE: Includes 4,279 hospitals in 50 states plus DC. Missing charity care costs recoded as $0 if hospital reported total unreimbursed and uncompensated care costs but left as missing otherwise. Excludes hospitals with incomplete data for the calendar year, missing or negative operating expenses or charity care costs, or outlier amounts of charity care as a percent of operating expenses (≥38.0%). SOURCE: KFF analysis of RAND Hospital Data, 2020
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