The Scappoose Family Health Center is located in Columbia County 10 miles northwest of Portland. It was opened in 1997 in collaboration with the Columbia Health District to provide primary care to an underserved rural community. It is staffed with two full-time family physicians and a family nurse practitioner. We began to introduce residents and students into the clinic in 1998. Patients in all clinics represent diverse socioeconomic groups.
Institutional policy defines service fees according to the family's financial status.
These activities are examples of how our program reaches out to provide accessible health care to our community.