This chart shows how Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center directed resources to the benefit of the community in the 2017 fiscal year. The total of $373.9 million represents a one percent decrease, year over year. This support includes:

• Charity care
• Community groups and community programming
• Education and training in the medical and health professions
• Research efforts
• Subsidized health services—primarily the Downtown Health Plaza in Winston-Salem
• Unreimbursed costs of government-funded programs—primarily Medicare and Medicaid