Community Benefit FY 2012
In FY 2012, UC San Diego Health System contributed more than $182,808,000 to community benefit programs and services.
The services and programs provided by UC San Diego Health System enhance the lives of patients and residents of our community in many ways. If you add up all of the ways we help people, the sum would be our community benefit. It involves providing medical care to those in need, as well as programs and services that promote health and healing in response to identified community needs.
Community benefits must meet at least one of these objectives:
- Improve access to health care services
- Enhance the health of the community
- Advance medical or health care knowledge
- Relieve or reduce the burden of government or other community efforts
Uncompensated Care - $40,368,000
An overall measure of the care we provide for which no payment is received from the patient or insurer.
Government Sponsored Care – $76,974,000
Unpaid cost of Medicare, Medi-Cal, indigent care programs, State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and other safety net programs.
Community Benefit Programs
We have highlighted below some of the community benefit practices that we provide. Health professions education encompasses teaching physicians, nurses and students, as well as scholarships and funding for education. Community health services include health education programs and clinical services within the community. Examples of subsidized health services are emergency and trauma services, hospital outpatient services, behavioral health services, and palliative care and hospice. Through financial and in-kind contributions, we offer financial and other support to community organizations to improve the health of our community.
- Health Professions Education – $39,220,000
- Community Health Services – $2,126,000
- Subsidized Health Services – $24,098,000
- Financial and In-Kind Contributions – $22,000
Research
As the only academic health system in San Diego, we enroll participants in hundreds of clinical trials of promising new investigational drugs, treatments and devices each year. Every day, our physicianscientists work together to bring breakthroughs from these clinical trials to our patients’ bedsides. Our research efforts, which totaled $559,104,000 in FY 2012, give local residents access to the latest treatments and therapies for advanced illnesses and complex health conditions.
February 2013