Chancellor Victor J. Dzau, MD, recently shared Duke University Health System's 2013 Report on Community Benefit. The report found, for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2012, Duke provided $291 million in community benefit and community investment.
Of that figure, $170 million represents the community benefit categories identified by the Internal Revenue Service. In one of these categories, charity care at cost, Duke provided $69 million in medical services at a discount or without charge for patients from every corner of North Carolina. For more information, read the full report below, and check out the report from the previous year here.
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