North Carolina Community Health Center Association

North Carolina’s Community Health Centers are comprised of…

• 23 Health Center Grantees, 1 Migrant Voucher Program
• 89 Clinical Service Sites, 15 migrant voucher program sites
• 7 Migrant Health Center Grantees
• 3 Healthy Schools/Healthy Community Grantees
• 4 Homeless Health Care Grantees
• 4 Federally Qualified Health Center Look-alike organizations with 11 clinical service sites

Providers (2005)*

• 132 Physicians
• 65 Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants
• 38 Dentists
• 291 Nurses and other health care staff

Patients (2005)*

• 313,241 patients
• 1,043,805 patient visits
• 49% of patients were uninsured (154,695)
• 23% of patients receive Medicaid
• 69% of patients live below 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL)
• 51% live below 100% of FPL
• 46,275 migrant and seasonal agricultural workers

 Over the last 5 Years:

• Community health center patients increased by 39%
• Patient visits increased by 37%
• Uninsured patients increased by 49%

Cost Effective

• North Carolina’s community health centers serve Medicaid, Medicare, the working poor, indigent, and uninsured patients for just over $1 dollar per day per patient. (Average cost of $422 per patient per year)
• North Carolina’s community health centers create jobs and an economic base. They employ more than 1,300 FTE employees, including many community residents.

* Bureau of Primary Health Care, Uniform Data System—Preliminary Data 2005