Healthc Benchmarks. 1999 Jan;6(1):7-9.
A public/private partnership in North Carolina has resulted in free health care for 13,000 indigent patients a year. 85% of the physicians in the county's medical society volunteer to take patients into their practice for free. The county government pays $250,000 a year for medications and administrative costs, leveraging $3.5 million in free care.
北卡罗来纳州的一个公私合作项目每年为13000名贫困患者提供免费医疗服务。该县医学协会85%的医生自愿免费接收患者。县政府每年支付25万美元用于药品和行政费用,从而撬动了350万美元的免费医疗服务。