TODAYonline | Singapore | How community hospitals will use charity dollars: SINGAPORE - From improving services, facilities and equipment to offering better salaries to attract more staff, these are some of the ways that community hospitals are planning to use the charity dollars that will be freed up, as a result of the Government's move to increase subsidies for the intermediate and long-term care sector.

U.S. charitable giving rose $241M in 2008, while Canadian donations struggled | Healthcare Finance News

U.S. charitable giving rose $241M in 2008, while Canadian donations struggled | Healthcare Finance News: "he AHP said Canadian contributions declined to $1.068 billion in 2008, compared to $1.337 billion in 2007, when annual giving had risen by an impressive 9 percent over 2006 levels.

Individual donors were the largest source of contributions in both the United States and Canada, and one-fifth of all individual donors were patients."