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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Jun 18;44(12):731–740. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.03.006

Table 1.

Characteristics of health centers, UDS 2015 (N=1,322)

Mean (standard deviation) or %
Structural measures
Primary care team FTE per 10,000 patients1 13.8 (42.5)
Enabling service FTE per 10,000 patients2 4.7 (10.5)
PCMH recognition for one or more sites 69.7%
Currently have an EHR system installed and in use
None 1.4%
Some sites 4.9%
All sites 93.7%
Contextual factors
% minority patients 40.0% (29.2%)
% uninsured patients 27.0% (18.5%)
% homeless patients 7.6% (19.5%)
Total patients 116,332 (253,703)
Health center net revenue $649,606 ($293,562)
Type of funding
Community health center 92.7%
Migrant health center 12.2%
Health care for the homeless 21.0%
Public housing primary care 6.7%
Rural 54.5%
Region
West 29.1%
Northeast 17.4%
Midwest 19.7%
South 33.8%
State expanded Medicaid 65.1%
% of individuals with less than high school diploma, aged 25 and older 18.4% (7.7%)
% of males unemployed, aged 16 and older 6.8% (2.1%)
Median annual household income $45,262 ($11,083)
1.

The following types of providers were included in the primary care team: physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified nurse midwifes, and nurses.

2.

Enabling service providers included case managers and health educators.