Table 1.

Characteristics of Health Center Organizations and Patients in the Study Sample

Uniform Data System 2014 DataHC Organizations, by Geographic RegionAll HC Organizations
Northern (n = 5)Middle (n = 6)Southern (n = 5)Detroit Metro (n = 7)TotalMean
HC Characteristics
    Delivery sites, n376141281677.26
        Rural, n (%) (based on zip code)33 (89)18 (30)0 (0)0 (0)51 (31)
    Total FTEs, n
        Primary care*38.042.231.034.8146.06.64
        Physicians44.856.250.547.0198.69.0
        Mental health17.164.221.413.6116.35.3
    Visits
        Medical services258,472377,146311,797171,1421,118,55750,844
        Mental health services14,69455,07317,6458,96596,3774,381
Patient population characteristics
    Patients served, n82,705159,406130,44086,762459,31320,878
    Race, n (%)
        Asian399 (1)1,797 (1)2,502 (2)712 (1)5,410 (1)246
        Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander49 (0)508 (0)807 (1)392 (1)1,756 (0)80
        Black/African American445 (1)37,636 (24)34,826 (27)51,022 (59)123,929 (27)5,633
        American Indian/Alaskan Native325 (0)678 (0)424 (0)193 (0)1,620 (0)74
        White78,492 (95)96,843 (61)66,558 (51)15,926 (18)257,819 (56)11,719
        >1 race453 (1)8,272 (9)1,619 (1)535 (1)10,879 (2)495
        Other2,542 (3)13,672 (9)23,704 (18)17,982 (21)57,900 (13)2,632
    Hispanic/Latino ethnicity691 (1)35,843 (23)22,476 (17)15,903 (18)74,913 (16)3,405
    Female sex, % (mean ± SD)53.9 ± 155.4 ± 457.8 ± 256.0 ± 855.8 ± 1
    Primary language is English, % (mean ± SD)99.8 ± 088.4 ± 1392.0 ± 886.4 ± 1939,193 ± 92
    Special populations, n (%)
        Agricultural workers or dependents199 (0)3,808 (2)8,678 (7)492 (1)13,177 (3)599
        Homeless380 (1)9,185 (6)7,033 (5)3,594 (4)20,192 (4)918
        Veterans1,272 (2)2,613 (2)1,163 (1)281 (0)5,329 (1)242
        Public housing patients2 (0)66 (0)534 (0)2,522 (3)3,124 (1)142
        School-based patients2,593 (3)12,033 (8)8,506 (7)371 (0)23,503 (5)1,068
        Total§4,446 (5)27,705 (17)25,914 (20)7,260 (8)65,325 (14)2,969
    Income ≤200% of the federal poverty level, n (%)49,078 (59)109,944 (69)99,285 (76)64,299 (74)322,606 (70)14,664
    Insurance
        Medicaid/CHIP/other public insurance22,065 (27)82,772 (52)76,170 (58)54,115 (62)235,122 (51)10,687
        Uninsured6,840 (8)40,432 (25)26,858 (21)21,733 (25)95,863 (21)4,357
        Medicare19,449 (24)15,369 (10)11,785 (9)4,071 (5)50,674 (11)2,302
        Private34,351 (42)20,827 (13)15,615 (12)6,520 (8)77,313 (17)3,514
  • Data are number, number (%), or mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise indicated. Based on Uniform Data System (UDS) and Michigan Health Center organizations grouped by geographic region (see Supplementary Figure 1).

  • * Includes family physicians, internists, and general practitioners.

  • Includes total primary care and pediatric physicians, obstetricians/gynecologists, and other specialty physicians.

  • Includes substance use disorder counselors, psychiatrists, licensed clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, other licensed mental health providers, and other mental health staff.

  • § Total special populations include agricultural workers or dependents, homeless population, school-based patients (HCs located within a school, often a partnership between a community HC and school), veterans, and public housing patients.

  • CHIP, Children's Health Insurance Program; FTE, full-time equivalent.