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Primary Health Care in Texas
The Texas Department of State Health Services helps fund nearly 137 clinic
sites across the state that provide prevention and early intervention
of health problems. The Primary Health Care Program (PHC) serves women,
children, and men whose income is at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty
Level (FPL) and who are unable to access the same care through insurance
or other programs. There may be a co-pay for the services provided, but
it may not exceed 25% of the total cost of the service. No one is denied
services because of an inability to pay.
What is Primary Health Care?
Primary Health Care includes early prevention, early detection and early
intervention of health problems. The six priority services provided are
diagnosis and treatment, emergency services, family planning, preventive
health services, including immunizations and health education, as well
as laboratory, x-ray, nuclear medicine or other appropriate diagnostic
services.
Secondary services that may be provided are nutrition services, health
screening, home health care, dental care, transportation, prescription
drugs, devices and durable medical supplies, environmental health services,
podiatry services, and social services.
Community health is improved when the physical and emotional needs of
women, children, and men are addressed..
This website will help direct you to Primary Health Care providers and
available services in Texas.
Announcements
Recent Additions: Center for Disease Control and
Prevention's HPV website
There are two recent additions to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's
HPV website (www.cdc.gov/std/hpv):
1. A recently updated HPV Vaccine fact sheet for health care providers
is available at: www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-hcp.htm.
Please distribute this information widely to providers and colleagues
in the field.
2. An interim Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) for HPV vaccine is now
posted on CDC's HPV website or
or directly at www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-hpv.pdf
. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations
are currently under CDC review. Once approved by CDC, the ACIP recommendations
will be published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) and a final
edition of the Vaccine Information Statement will be published.
FY08 PHC Policy Manual
Contact Information
Texas Department of State Health Services
Community Health Services Section
1100 W. 49th Steet (Mail Code 1923)
Austin, TX 78756
Phone: (512) 458-7796
Fax: (512) 458-7203
Email:
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Last Updated August 6, 2007.
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