Beyond the walls.

Abstract

For more than 100 years, Michigan's nonprofit community hospitals have provided high-quality health care to all who come to their doors, regardless of the individual's ability to pay. This mission of compassionate caring is a long-standing tradition and one that defines what hospitals are all about. Michigan's nonprofit community hospitals serve as the health care safety net for the uninsured and underinsured. Their doors are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Michigan citizens have come to expect nothing less and oftentimes more. But providing high-quality and accessible acute care is only part of what makes Michigan's nonprofit hospitals an essential community asset.