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The Ronald McDonald House program at present consists of 125 houses in the United States and around the world that are situated near children’s hospitals or large general hospitals with a significant pediatric population. They are owned and operated by individual charity organizations, but they are associated with each other by the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities program. The families pay a modest contribution and the remainder of the funds are raised by volunteer organizations. One of the great assets of such a house is the interaction between the families, who provide a significant amount of support for each other.
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Evans, A.E. (1991). The Ronald Mcdonald House Program in the United States. In: Kobayashi, N., Akera, T., Mizutani, S. (eds) Childhood Leukemia: Present Problems and Future Prospects. Developments in Oncology, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3898-1_26
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