| Hospital Community Benefit | # of Encounters | Net Community Benefit | | Community Health Services – Includes activities carried out to improve community health. Examples include: community health education, community-based clinical services (such as free clinics and screenings), support groups and self-help programs, such as smoking-cessation and weight-loss programs. | 34,274 | $ 840,432 | | Health Professions Education – Funding, including registrations, fees, travel and incidental expenses for staff education, that is linked to community services and health improvement. | 1,077 | 486,581 | | Mission Driven Health Care Services – Mission driven health services are services provided to the community that were never expected to result in cash inflows but: 1) which the hospital undertakes as a direct result of its community or mission driven initiatives; or 2) would otherwise not be provided in the community if the hospital did not perform these services. (e.g. Adult Day Care Program, etc.) | 5,994 | 703,512 | | Financial Contributions – This category includes funds and in-kind services donated to individuals and/or the community at large. | 4,235 | 422,535 | | Community Building Activities – Community-building activities include cash, in-kind donations, and budgeted expenditures for the development of community health programs and partnerships. Programs include support of Hazmat training as well as reading at Gilpin Elementary School. | 1,663 | 255,293 | | Community Benefit Operations – Includes costs associated with dedicated staff, community health needs and/or assets assessment, and other costs associated with community benefit strategy and operations. | N/A | 3,827 | | Charity Care – Free or discounted health and health-related services provided to persons who cannot afford to pay. | N/A | 1,274,556 | | Total Hospital Community Benefit | 47,243 | $ 3,986,736 |
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