Table 2. Health Center and Patient Characteristics, by Beacon Community Status, 2010–2012

Characteristics	Overall	Non–Beacon Community	Beacon Community
Health centers
Patients served annually at each health center (mean no.)	17,646.60	17,417.23	20,516.00^*
Rural	47.52	47.96	41.96
Region
South	34.51	35.49	22.35^{^†}
Northeast	17.65	17.46	20.00
Midwest	18.90	18.53	23.53^{^‡}
West	28.94	28.53	34.12
Receive funding to target services to special populations
Homeless	19.59	19.81	16.86
Migrant and seasonal farm workers	13.99	13.89	15.29
Accreditation or patient-centered medical home recognition (mean %)	32.97	32.61	37.65
Patient demographics
<100% FPL	68.58	68.59	68.47
Insurance status and type
Uninsured	39.29	39.28	39.40
Medicaid	34.00	33.83	36.14^*
Other public	1.83	1.83	1.81
Private	16.11	16.21	14.86
Medicare	7.99	8.06	7.02^{^‡}
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	25.22	25.42	22.73
Black	19.66	19.43	22.44
Other race	12.33	12.35	11.98
White	42.68	42.67	42.85
Male sex	42.60	42.65	41.86
Age (years)
0–19	30.77	30.60	32.90^{^‡}
20–64	61.42	61.51	60.28
≥65	7.74	7.82	6.81^{^‡}

Data are mean percentages unless otherwise indicated. PCMH information was available in 2012 only.
Source: Uniform Data System, 2010–2012.
↵* P < .05.
↵† P < .001.
↵‡ P < .01.
FPL, federal poverty level.