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Welcome!
Established in 1983, CAPH is a statewide trade association representing 19 public
and not-for profit hospitals, academic medical centers and comprehensive health care systems
working on the front lines of health care in California.
CAPH members comprise the core group of health care providers that make up the
state's medical safety net. Operating in 16 counties, they assist in meeting the counties'
legal mandate to provide health care to indigent residents. And they do so much more.
These providers share a mission to ensure access to a full spectrum of health care services
to all persons, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay. Public hospitals deliver
extraordinary levels of care to low-income and uninsured individuals and provide essential
community services such as emergency, trauma and burn care and services for special-needs
children. They also are teaching hospitals, training 45% of the new doctors in
the state.
Just as our public schools provide the foundation for our children's learning, California
's public hospitals constitute the infrastructure for our communities' good health.
Visit CAPH's affiliate Safety
Net Institute
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