Alabama Primary Health Care Associated

Alabama has 120 health center delivery sites owned and operated by 16 non-profit corporations in 55 counties.

Alabama’s health centers serve almost 300,000 individuals annually.

Alabama’s health centers have one million patient visits annually.

Alabama’s health centers had an overall economic impact of $150 million and support 2000 jobs across the State.

Alabama’s health centers injected $113.7 million operating expenditures directly into their local economies.

Medicaid beneficiaries who seek care at health centers are 22% less likely to be hospitalized for potentially avoidable conditions.

CHC patients are 16% more likely to have outpatient visits for primary care instead of in a more expensive emergency department setting.

The presence of a CHC has been associated with a reduction in unnecessary emergency department visits, between 13-38% for pediatric patients.