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Article: Growth Rate of U.S. Giving for Health Care Falls More Than 50 Percent in 2007 But Rises Almost Threefold in Canada, According to Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's Annual 'Report on Giving'
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 28, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Kathy Renzetti, +1-703-532-6243, +1-571-216-0146,
kathy@ahp.org, or William C. McGinly, +1-703-626-8160, bill@ahp.org,
both of Association for Health Care Philanthropy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Perhaps signaling
donors' fears of a weakening U.S. economy last year, the growth of
philanthropic giving for health care in the United States fell by
more than half in 2007 from 2006, while the Canadian rate of growth
in donations to health care nearly tripled, according to a new
Report on Giving issued today by the Association for Healthcare
Philanthropy (AHP).
"Hospitals and health care systems in both countries are relying
more and more on ...