title: Hospital indigent care expenditures.
abstract: The Georgia State Health Planning Agency provided financial information for 144 general hospitals for the year 1992. Not-for-profit hospitals do not appear to fund charity care to a greater degree than for-profit hospitals. Uninsured patients in Georgia do not appear to use emergency department services instead of a primary care physician. Patient behavior may be influenced by the fact that many public health departments offer free primary care.
authors.affiliation: Kennesaw State College, Marietta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Brotman
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics; D005845:Georgia; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency / Q000191:economics*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics; D014600:Utilization Review