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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2016 Mar-Apr;22(2):164–174. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000253

TABLE 3.

Gini Coefficients for Hospital Community Benefit and Governmental Public Health Spending

Spending Indicator Gini Coefficient
Hospital community benefit spending
 CHI spending 0.31
 CBA spending 0.62
 Combined CHI and CBA spending 0.36
Governmental public health spending
 LHD spending 0.31
 SHD spending 0.26
 Combined LHD and SHD spending (unadjusted) 0.22
 Combined LHD and SHD spending (adjusted) 0.20
Total spending
 Combined hospital, LHD, and SHD spending (unadjusted) 0.21
 Combined hospital, LHD, and SHD spending (adjusted) 0.19

Abbreviations: CBA, community-building activity; CHI, community health improvement; LHD, local health department; SHD, state health department.