Not All Community Health Centers are Alike

By Filed under Health Care Access on May 1, 2012 with 4 comments

At Oakhurst Medical Center here [in Stone Mountain, Georgia], just 20% of children have received all their recommended immunizations by age 2…

Fewer than half of its diabetics and a little more than a third of those with high blood pressure had their conditions under control in 2010 — far below national averages…

But 65 miles east of here in Greensboro in rural central Georgia…at TenderCare Clinic, almost all children get the appropriate immunizations, and eight out of 10 diabetics have normal blood sugar levels.

Full USA Today article on the performance variation within community health centers.

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  1. marvin says:
    May 1, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    And THIS is the future of medical care in the U.S.? How discouraging.

  2. Devon Herrick says:
    May 1, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    Some community health centers are very good. But, where excellence exists, it is often the results of a few dedicated individuals. There are really no financial incentives that reward excellence.

  3. brian says:
    May 1, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    Yes, it likely is the future.

  4. Matt says:
    May 1, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    I’ve been happy with some I have gone to. It all depends I guess.