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Descriptive Links
Figure 1. A Pie Chart showing Health Center Patients by Age Group, 2007*
| Age Group |
Under 5 |
5 to 12 |
13 to 24 |
25 to 64 |
65 and up |
| Percentage of total patients |
12% |
12.90% |
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*Based on preliminary estimates
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary
Health Care. Uniform Data System. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, 2007.
Figure 2. A Bar Chart showing Average Number of Providers and Staff per Health Center: Growth, 2002-2007
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
| Average Number of Providers and
Staff per Health Center |
83 |
88 |
92 |
95 |
97 |
DNA |
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care. Uniform Data System. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002-2007.
Figure 3. A Line Chart showing Health Center African-American and Hispanic/Latino Low Birthweight Rates, Consistently Below U.S. Rates, 2001-2006
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2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007* |
| U.S. Low Birthweight
Rate: Hispanic /Latino |
6.5% |
6.5% |
6.7% |
6.8% |
6.9% |
7.0% |
DNA |
| Health Center Low Birthweight Rate: Hispanic /Latino |
5.7% |
5.5% |
5.6% |
5.7% |
5.9% |
6.5% |
7.0% |
| Percentage Below U.S.
Low Birthweight Rate |
-12.3% |
-15.4% |
-16.4% |
-16.2% |
-14.5% |
-7.1% |
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Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care.
Uniform Data System. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001-2006.
Source: Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Ventura SJ. Births: Preliminary Data for 2006. National vital statistics reports; vol 56 no 7.
Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2007.
Source: Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Kirmeyer S, Munson ML. Births: Final data for 2005. National
vital statistics reports; vol. 56 no. 6. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2007.
Figure 4. Horizontal Bar Chart showing Goal Met: 1236 New and Expanded Access Points
716 New Access Point Awards
520 Expanded Medical Capacity Awards
1236 Total
Figure 5. Bar Chart showing Number of FQHC Look-Alikes, 2002-2007
Fiscal Year |
Number of FQHC Look-Alikes |
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2002 |
113 |
2003 |
93 |
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2004 |
114 |
2005 |
123 |
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2006 |
124 |
2007 |
123 |
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What is Primary Health Care?
Over 10 years ago, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee
to discuss the future of primary care. They also established a definition
of primary care—one that embodies the work that health centers have been
doing for the past 40 years, and continue to do every day. The committee
defined primary care as: “The provision of integrated, accessible health
care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority
of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients,
and practicing in the context of family and community.
Most importantly, in the committee’s view, “no health care system can be
complete without primary care, indeed it is the foundation of health care
delivery.”5
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