title: Caring and sharing: the 2001 Ludwig Award winners.
abstract: The ability to identify a community's needs and respond to those needs in a way that helps everyone is a key attribute of today's hospitals. A hospital is a community's primary center for health care education, resources and support. The 2001 Ludwig Community Benefit Award winners are examples of what hospitals can do when they look beyond the hospital doors and help the communities that surround them. They partner with local individuals, schools, businesses and organizations to give back generously without asking for anything in return. They realize that caring for people in their community means creating a better place for everyone to live.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008824:Michigan