Community health center
A health center or community health center is a clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.
Community health centers (CHCs) in the U.S. are neighborhood health centers generally serving Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) which includes persons who are uninsured, underinsured, low-income or those living in areas where little access to primary health care is available.
Medically Underserved Areas/Populations are areas or populations designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration, or HRSA as having: too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty and/or high elderly population. Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are designated by HRSA as having shortages of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers and may be geographic (a county or service area), demographic (low income population) or institutional (comprehensive health center, federally qualified health center or other public facility).
[edit] See also
- Clinic
- Community health centers in the United States
- Community health service
- Doctor's visit
- Health systems management
- Health insurance
- Hospital
- Social service
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