We'll get back to you as soon as possible with answers to your questions. Each is run by a board of directors, which, by law, is made up of 51 percent users of the clinic. Some 9,000 individuals are giving back to their communities through service as health center board members. Core primary and preventive health care services are supplemented not only by dental and mental and behavioral health services but also by enabling services such as transportation, translation, outreach, and other social services that eliminate barriers to care. Culturally and linguistically competent care.
Health centers offer signage and other materials in multiple languages.
High quality of care. Despite serving a population that is high risk for many chronic and disabling conditions, health centers have consistently improved health outcomes and reduced health disparities for the people they serve, most specifically in the areas of diabetes, hypertension, mammography, and birth outcomes. The high quality of care provided through health centers reduces hospitalizations and emergency room use, reduces annual Medicaid costs, and helps prevent more expensive chronic disease and disability. There are more than 3,000 health centers located in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and trust territories in the Pacific. Health Centers range in size from small practices with one office and one or two physicians to large practices with ten or more locations and dozens of providers.