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          The California Health Care Foundation is an independent, nonprofit philanthropy that works to improve the health care system so that all Californians have the care they need.

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Hospital Financing

Our research tracks the financial well-being of California hospitals. We monitor hospital revenues and patient medical debt to inform financial assistance policies, billing practices, and collection actions across California facilities. We track community benefit investments and analyze disparities in who faces hospital bills they cannot pay, informing policies to protect vulnerable patients.

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    Data Insight

    Three Charts That Help Explain the Financial Health of California’s Hospitals During and After the Pandemic.

    This dashboard, updated quarterly as new data become available, provides estimates of costs and revenue for California hospitals from 2019 to the most recent quarter available.

    June 3, 2025
    Health Care Costs/Affordability
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    Community Benefit in California Hospitals: A Landscape Review

    July 26, 2024
    Health Care Costs/Affordability

    California Health Care Foundation Study — Health Care Markets in California Approaching Monopoly Levels

    December 1, 2021
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    Heading for an Acute Crisis?

    May 25, 2023
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    California Hospitals Almanac — 2022 Edition

    July 31, 2022
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    How Vital Are Medi-Cal Payments to Hospitals in CA Congressional Districts 22, 40 & 41?

    April 8, 2025
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    Does Shift Happen? Key Concepts and Evidence in the Hospital Cost-Shifting Debate

    April 24, 2025
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    California Hospitals Almanac — 2022 Edition

    July 31, 2022
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    Community Benefit in California Hospitals: A Landscape Review

    July 26, 2024
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    Three Charts That Help Explain the Financial Health of California’s Hospitals During and After the Pandemic.

    June 3, 2025
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    Hospital Closures, Service Cuts Loom for Some Communities. The State May Step In to Help.

    April 19, 2023
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    Despite Transparency Push, Cost of Hospital Care Remains Inscrutable

    July 19, 2021
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    Pulling Back the Curtain: How Many California Hospitals Are Complying with Federal Price Transparency Rules?

    July 13, 2021
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