Chicago trauma centers - hospitals that treat the most seriouslyinjured patients - lost $4,700 for each person they served last year,a study commissioned by two health care organizations revealedTuesday.
Statewide, the loss at the 16 trauma hospitals - including fourin Chicago - was $27.8 million, Kenneth C. Robbins, president of theIllinois Hospital Association, said. The Illinois HospitalAssociation and the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Councilcommissioned the study.
But officers of both organizations, welcomed an announcementTuesday from the Illinois Department of Public Health that centerswould share in a $5 million grant approved by the …
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