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Written on December 4, 2011 – 10:32 pm | by Brayden Sani
California Pacific Spends Far Less On Poor, Report Says
California Pacific Medical Center, including its St. Luke’s campus, is San Francisco’s most profitable hospital, yet it spends proportionately far less on care for poor residents than other private nonprofit hospitals in the city, according to a new report. … the report released Thursday by UC Hastings College of the Law found the hospital, which is affiliated with the Sutter Health network, spends considerably less than other hospitals on charity care when compared with the amount of money received per patient (Colliver, 12/9). <