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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Dec;48(12):1050–1056. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f37d46

TABLE 2.

Health Center Characteristics Obtained From the Uniform Data System

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).