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Four Years of Health Center Outcomes: Top 10 Achievements

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  • 1. Record patient growth

    In 2023, health centers served a record number of patients, over 31 million patients, representing 9% growth (+2.7 million patients) since 2020.

  • 2. School-based care surge

    In 2023, health centers served 1.1 million school-based service site patients - that's 454,000 additional school-based service site patients - a 69% increase since 2020.

  • 3. Public housing outreach boost

    In 2023, health centers served 1.3 million additional patients in or around public housing (6.4 million patients total) - a 24% increase since 2020.

  • 4. Prenatal care expansion

    Health centers saw 585,000 prenatal care patients in 2023, that's 33,000 additional prenatal care patients (a 6% increase since 2020).

  • 5. Cancer screening strides

    Over the last four years, health centers made important strides in cancer screening. Since 2020, health centers screened an additional 858,000 additional patients for colorectal cancer (+35%), 470,000 additional patients for cervical cancer (+12%), and 414,000 patients for breast cancer (+29%).

  • 6. HIV testing breakthrough

    In 2023, health centers conducted over 4 million HIV tests, a 62% increase since 2020.

  • 7. Community health worker boom

    Since 2020, health centers experienced a 71% increase in community health workers (CHWs), employing nearly 2,800 CHW FTEs in 2023.

  • 8. Mental health advancement

    In 2023, health centers provided more than 26 million mental health visits to patients, that’s 3.2 million more visits than in 2020.

  • 9. Clinical quality improvements

    Since 2020, health centers improved by more than 5% on the following clinical quality measures:

    1. HIV Screening (+16%)
    2. Pediatric Dental Sealants (+10%)
    3. Hypertension Control (+8%)
    4. Breast Cancer Screening (+7%)
    5. Screening for Depression and Follow-up (+7%)
    6. Uncontrolled Diabetes (-7%; inverse measure)
    7. Pediatric BMI Assessment and Counseling (+6%)
    8. Statin Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease (+5%)

  • 10. Health care training leap

    Health centers hosted over 66,000 pre- and post-graduate trainees in 2023, a 12% increase from 2022, including nearly 6,000 additional medical trainees.

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