Becker's Healthcare August 8, 2024
Community health centers are closing the gap in care, especially in rural areas where hospitals are closing, but some centers say they are losing staff to hospitals who pay high wages.
A Common Wealth Fund report found 1,368 federally qualified health centers operating in more than 15,000 service sites across the country. These outpatient centers provide a range of services to the most vulnerable patients, including cancer screenings, infectious diseases screenings and substance use disorder care.
In 2023, more than 90% of health center patients had income less than 200% of federal poverty guidelines and over 1.4 million patients experienced...
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