Vital Signs:
Facts & Figures (Making a state-ment)
Ranked the healthiest state . . .
In 2004, New Hampshire was rated the nation's healthiest
state based on 21 measures, including the following:
Teenage birth rate
Lowest in U.S.
Infant mortality rate
Lowest in U.S.
Childhood immunization rate
Second-highest in U.S.
. . . with a little help from DHMC
In fiscal year 2002, the most recent year for which figures have been published, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center provided these community benefits in New Hampshire:
Subsidized health services, from free vaccinations to trauma services
$6.4 million
Direct financial assistance to patients
$12.3 million
Number of patients receiving financial assistance
486,094
Subsidized community-based programs, from support for
local agencies to payments in lieu of property taxes
$30.9 million
Uncompensated Medicare and Medicaid services
$40.2 million
SOURCES: MORGAN QUITNO PRESS AND DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER
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