TABLE 2.
Health Center | |
---|---|
No. delivery health centers (mean, range) | 6, 1–29 |
Patients (%) | 43* |
Race/ethnicity | 30† |
White | 20† |
Hispanic | 1 |
Black | 1 |
Asian | 5 |
American Indian | 20 |
Unreported/refused to report | 59 |
Best served in language other than English | 41 |
Female gender | |
Adults (20 yr and older) | |
Patient income as the percent of poverty level (%) | 54† |
100% and below | 12 |
101%–150% of the poverty level | 6 |
151%–200% or more of the poverty level | 7 |
201% and more of the poverty level | 22 |
Unknown | |
Principal third party insurance source (%) | 15 |
Private | 12 |
Medicare | 16 |
Medicaid (regular or CHIP) | 1 |
Other public insurance | 56 |
Uninsured |
Respondent federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) cared for a significantly higher proportion of patients with Hispanic backgrounds (30% vs. 22% in the rest of the Midwest and West Central regions).
Respondent FQHCs cared for a significantly lower proportion of patients with Asian backgrounds, best served in language other than English, unknown income levels, and Medicaid (1% vs. 4%, 25% vs. 20%, 22% vs. 29%, 16% vs. 23% outside the Midwest and West Central regions, respectively).