Six hospitals range in size from 32 beds in Crownpoint, New Mexico, to 99beds at the Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, New Mexico. Health Centers operate full-time clinics, some of which provide emergency services.
Smaller communities have health stations that operate only part-time.
The NDOH created in 1977, has the mission of ensuring that quality and culturally acceptable health care is available and accessible to Native Americans through coordination, regulation, and where necessary, direct service delivery.