title: How to quantify the mission. Software to define and report community benefit activity.
abstract: More and more health care organizations are being approached to participate in efforts to report and financially quantify community services and charity care provided in their respective communities. It is apparent that a consistent format and more concise definitions are needed if data are to be useful in presenting a clear, industry-wide picture of the magnitude of contributions made to communities by health care organizations.
authors.affiliation: Michigan Integrated Delivery Network, Inc., USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Corteville
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lyon
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations / Q000191:economics*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008824:Michigan; D012984:Software