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California Health Center Program Uniform Data System (UDS) Data

Total Number of Reporting Program Awardees: 174

Reporting Period: 2022

Total Patients Served: 5,312,677

Reporting Source: Uniform Data System (UDS) Report

Community Health Center Quality Recognition (CHQR) Badges

The CHQR badges recognize Health Center Program awardees and LALs that have made notable quality improvement achievements in the areas of access, quality, health equity, and health information technology for the most recent UDS reporting period. Additionally, COVID-19 badges were introduced to recognize health centers’ contributions to the public health emergency response in the areas of data collection, testing, and vaccinations. Learn more.

National Quality Leader
4.02 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Gold
7.47 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Silver
14.94 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Bronze
8.62 %
Access Enhancer
24.14 %
Health Disparities Reducer
21.26 %
Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality
56.32 %
COVID-19 Public Health Champion Badge
21.26 %
Social Risk Factors
27.59 %
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
64.91 %

Note that percentages represent the number of health center awardees that met the criteria for each CHQR badge from a denominator of health centers that reported UDS data.

Expanded Summaries for 2022 UDS Data Tables

UDS Data Five-Year Summary

Age and Race / Ethnicity 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Patients 4,980,522 5,337,143 5,162,835 5,239,583 5,312,677
Age (% of total patients)
% Children (< 18 years) 32.40 % 32.42 % 28.93 % 29.82 % 29.71 %
Children (< 18 years) 1,613,484 1,730,479 1,493,673 1,562,593 1,578,243
% Adults (18 – 64 years) 59.72 % 59.17 % 62.19 % 60.74 % 59.95 %
Adults (18 – 64 years) 2,974,367 3,157,990 3,210,695 3,182,533 3,185,084
% Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 7.88 % 8.41 % 8.88 % 9.44 % 10.34 %
Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 392,671 448,674 458,467 494,457 549,350
Patients By Race & Ethnicity (% known)
% Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 78.93 % 78.81 % 78.84 % 79.71 % 80.32 %
Number of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 3,717,367 3,956,917 3,784,937 3,851,817 3,930,285
% Hispanic/Latino Patients 61.89 % 61.83 % 62.38 % 62.67 % 63.26 %
Number of Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity Patients 2,980,740 3,176,742 3,066,928 3,098,149 3,167,655
% Non-Hispanic White Patients 24.81 % 24.92 % 24.91 % 24.01 % 23.43 %
Number of Non-Hispanic White Patients 992,567 1,063,645 1,015,963 980,624 962,907
% Asian Patients * 9.09 % 9.19 % 9.07 % 9.52 % 9.62 %
Number of Asian Patients * 363,663 392,298 370,112 388,614 395,351
% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 0.74 % 0.73 % 0.69 % 0.74 % 0.77 %
Number of Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 29,779 31,272 28,303 30,277 31,702
% Black/African American Patients * 7.61 % 7.51 % 7.14 % 7.50 % 7.56 %
Number of Black/African American * 304,593 320,590 291,137 306,374 310,751
% American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 1.11 % 1.14 % 1.13 % 1.17 % 1.29 %
Number of American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 44,530 48,853 46,003 47,879 53,052
% More than one race Patients * 2.90 % 3.49 % 2.88 % 3.39 % 3.56 %
Number of Patients with More than one race * 116,028 148,980 117,579 138,433 146,178
Total Patients with Known Race Ethnicity (Denominator) 3,999,963 4,267,679 4,079,336 4,083,443 4,109,604
Total Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients (Denominator) 4,709,934 5,020,562 4,800,900 4,832,441 4,893,192
Total Hispanic/Latino & Non-Hispanic Latino Patients (Denominator for Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity) 4,815,857 5,137,922 4,916,443 4,943,818 5,007,665
Language (% known)
% Best Served in a Language other than English 35.01 % 35.52 % 36.96 % 36.39 % 37.16 %
Number of Patients Best Served in a Language Other than English 1,743,666 1,896,020 1,908,233 1,906,437 1,974,382
Patient Characteristics 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Income Status (% of patients with known income)
Total Patients with Known Income (Denominator) 4,067,593 4,363,725 3,980,174 3,940,744 4,012,118
% Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 94.84 % 94.92 % 94.73 % 93.22 % 93.23 %
Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 3,857,524 4,142,004 3,770,393 3,673,391 3,740,387
% Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 72.49 % 72.60 % 72.50 % 70.73 % 69.96 %
Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 2,948,742 3,168,116 2,885,813 2,787,129 2,806,934
Insurance Status (% of total patients)
% None/Uninsured Patients 18.93 % 19.08 % 19.40 % 18.13 % 15.20 %
None/Uninsured Patients 942,654 1,018,342 1,001,376 950,188 807,779
% None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 8.00 % 7.74 % 7.55 % 7.34 % 6.77 %
None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 129,035 133,919 112,783 114,748 106,903
% Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 65.93 % 65.13 % 63.37 % 64.28 % 67.17 %
Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 3,283,543 3,475,979 3,271,636 3,368,083 3,568,530
% Medicare Patients 6.63 % 6.98 % 7.44 % 7.59 % 7.88 %
Medicare Patients 330,094 372,424 383,937 397,473 418,685
% Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 3.98 % 4.01 % 4.09 % 4.31 % 4.49 %
Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 197,980 214,249 211,343 225,662 238,544
% Other Third-Party Patients 8.52 % 8.81 % 9.80 % 10.00 % 9.74 %
Other Third-Party Patients 424,231 470,398 505,886 523,839 517,683
Total Patients 4,980,522 5,337,143 5,162,835 5,239,583 5,312,677
Children (< 18 years) 1,613,484 1,730,479 1,493,673 1,562,593 1,578,243
Special Populations
% Homeless Patients 6.88 % 6.81 % 6.39 % 6.35 % 6.26 %
Total Homeless Patients 342,422 363,485 329,680 332,959 332,375
% Total Agricultural Workers or Dependents 9.92 % 9.96 % 10.61 % 10.71 % 9.73 %
Total Agricultural Workers or Dependents 494,026 531,322 547,817 560,993 516,880
% Public Housing Patients 4.95 % 5.54 % 7.32 % 7.52 % 8.24 %
Total Patients Served at a Health Center Located In or Immediately Accessible to a Public Housing Site 246,697 295,573 378,060 394,208 437,828
% School-Based Service Site Patients 2.45 % 2.33 % 1.77 % 1.66 % 2.17 %
School-Based Service Site Patients 121,823 124,612 91,199 87,173 115,216
% Veterans Patients 0.84 % 0.71 % 0.69 % 0.63 % 0.62 %
Veterans Patients 41,812 37,753 35,653 33,227 32,791
Number of Female Patients (ages 15-44) 1,267,578 1,343,817 1,328,538 1,320,339 1,322,499
% Patients Under 15 Who are Female 23.61 % 23.63 % 21.10 % 21.58 % 21.15 %
Number of Patients Under 15 Who are Female 675,452 720,925 621,669 644,850 641,130
Patients 15-64 Who are Female 68.39 % 67.89 % 69.94 % 68.90 % 68.41 %
Number of Patients 15-64 Who are Female 1,956,758 2,071,091 2,061,032 2,058,782 2,073,717
Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 8.00 % 8.48 % 8.96 % 9.52 % 10.43 %
Number of Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 228,915 258,713 263,955 284,456 316,247
Total Female Patients (Denominator) 2,861,125 3,050,729 2,946,656 2,988,088 3,031,094
Patients by Sexual Orientation
% Lesbian or Gay (% of known) 2.65 % 2.41 % 2.32 % 2.17 % 2.01 %
% Heterosexual or straight (% of known) 95.49 % 95.27 % 95.72 % 95.84 % 95.96 %
% Bisexual (% of known) 1.24 % 1.28 % 1.38 % 1.36 % 1.43 %
% Other (% of known) 0.62 % 1.05 % 0.58 % 0.62 % 0.60 %
% Dont know (% of total) 45.66 % 36.61 % 4.84 % 4.77 % 3.68 %
% Chose not to disclose (% of total) - Patients by Sexual Orientation 10.64 % 11.82 % 11.19 % 9.00 % 9.86 %
% Unknown sexual orientation (% of total patients) 30.14 % 27.40 % 24.74 %
Patients by Gender Identity
% Male (% of known) 25.15 % 29.18 % 39.91 % 40.62 % 40.72 %
% Female (% of known) 35.75 % 41.30 % 56.39 % 57.73 % 57.90 %
% Transgender Man/Transgender Male/Transmasculine (% of known) 0.39 % 0.30 % 0.19 % 0.20 % 0.19 %
% Transgender Woman/Transgender Female/Transfeminine (% of known) 0.18 % 0.23 % 0.18 % 0.19 % 0.25 %
% Other (% of total) 36.07 % 27.95 % 2.37 % 0.94 % 0.74 %
% Chose not to disclose (% of total) - Patients by Gender Identity 6.38 % 3.60 % 3.25 % 2.73 % 3.45 %
% Unknown gender identity (% of total patients) 25.66 % 23.32 % 17.32 %
Services (% of patients) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
% Medical Patients 84.16 % 84.82 % 86.73 % 88.24 % 87.72 %
Medical Patients 4,191,521 4,526,844 4,477,950 4,623,611 4,660,382
% Dental Patients 24.40 % 24.88 % 19.23 % 18.78 % 19.92 %
Dental Patients 1,215,425 1,327,895 992,738 984,197 1,058,504
% Mental Health Patients 6.12 % 6.81 % 6.56 % 6.76 % 6.80 %
Mental Health Patients 304,750 363,526 338,617 354,108 361,022
% Substance Use Disorder Patients 0.62 % 0.91 % 0.86 % 0.81 % 0.80 %
Substance Use Disorder Patients 30,974 48,761 44,152 42,693 42,602
% Vision Patients 4.54 % 4.93 % 3.70 % 4.99 % 5.57 %
Vision Patients 226,210 263,125 191,175 261,629 296,021
% Enabling Services Patients 11.70 % 11.28 % 9.76 % 9.88 % 10.45 %
Enabling Services Patients 582,722 602,102 504,093 517,892 554,941
Total Patients 4,980,522 5,337,143 5,162,835 5,239,583 5,312,677
Clinical Data 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Patients
Medical Conditions (% of Patients with Medical Conditions)
% Hypertension Patients * 23.98 % 23.92 % 24.53 % 26.39 % 24.59 %
Number of Hypertension Patients * 673,821 725,083 773,897 848,318 797,058
% Diabetes Patients * 16.05 % 15.98 % 15.28 % 16.16 % 17.04 %
Number of Diabetes Patients * 438,102 469,730 467,953 503,072 533,125
% Asthma 4.92 % 4.88 % 5.00 % 4.39 % 4.69 %
Number of Asthma Patients 206,084 220,814 223,966 202,872 218,423
% Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 0.72 % 0.75 % 0.73 % 0.71 % 0.73 %
Number of Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 30,291 33,958 32,642 32,870 34,144
Prenatal
Number of Prenatal Care Patients 111,182 116,077 114,568 113,180 115,691
Number of Prenatal Care Patients who Delivered 57,745 63,214 61,401 61,091 64,227
Quality of Care Measures
Perinatal Health
Early Entry into Prenatal Care (first visit in first trimester) 78.04 % 77.71 % 76.71 % 77.09 % 75.77 %
Number of Access to Prenatal Care (First Prenatal Visit in 1st Trimester) 86,769 90,200 87,885 87,250 87,654
% Low and Very Low Birth Weight 6.67 % 6.80 % 6.77 % 7.34 % 7.06 %
Number of Newborns with Low Birth Weight 3,829 4,177 4,126 4,468 4,487
Preventive Health Screening & Services
Cervical Cancer Screening * 60.59 % 60.40 % 52.48 % 55.24 % 57.51 %
Number of Cervical Cancer Screening Patients * 777,093 834,932 739,006 781,238 814,114
Breast Cancer Screening 46.55 % 48.52 % 52.05 %
Number of Female Patients Aged 51 through 73 who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer 260,602 283,921 315,719
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents * 69.86 % 67.62 % 59.85 % 66.27 % 65.09 %
Number of Children Age 3-16 with Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity * 661,581 698,053 523,700 642,315 651,911
Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan * 71.78 % 72.09 % 61.27 % 58.08 % 58.56 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older with Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up * 1,940,866 2,081,135 1,652,458 1,554,480 1,642,549
Percent Adults Screened for Tobacco Use and Receiving Cessation Intervention * 89.84 % 87.38 % 84.49 % 82.68 % 85.63 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older Screened for Tobacco Use and Received Cessation Counseling * 1,918,456 2,028,134 1,944,219 1,987,350 2,103,177
Colorectal Cancer Screening * 45.73 % 46.24 % 37.14 % 39.94 % 42.16 %
Number of Patients Screened for Colorectal Cancer * 442,178 483,365 397,618 444,590 484,393
Childhood Immunization Status * 39.21 % 39.24 % 40.07 % 38.87 % 34.01 %
Number of Children Under Age 3 Who Received Appropriate Childhood Immunizations * 30,705 32,079 29,415 28,439 25,320
Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan * 69.37 % 67.94 % 59.34 % 65.00 % 66.95 %
Number of Patients Screened for Clinical Depression and if Positive had a Follow-Up Plan Documented * 1,922,254 1,971,798 1,755,842 1,905,183 1,982,576
Depression Remission at Twelve Months 11.27 % 14.14 % 15.18 %
Number of Patients 12 years of age and older with major depression or dysthymia who reached remission 12 months (+/- 60 days) after an index event 8,674 9,952 11,687
Dental Sealants for Children between 6-9 Years 54.37 % 57.85 % 44.13 % 55.03 % 56.83 %
Number of Children Age 6-9 Who Received Dental Sealants 30,643 29,835 16,320 21,523 24,410
HIV Screening 37.89 % 44.19 % 52.07 %
Number of Patients 15 through 65 years of age who were tested for HIV when within age range 1,074,589 1,295,339 1,552,137
Chronic Disease Management
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease * 66.11 % 69.01 % 70.27 % 73.44 %
Number of Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events who were Prescribed or were on Statin Therapy * 322,964 354,352 405,557 498,555
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antiplatelet * 80.88 % 79.60 % 77.03 % 76.42 % 73.65 %
Number of Patients Age 18 and Older Diagnosed with Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic * 56,348 60,169 57,806 61,414 63,107
Controlling High Blood Pressure * 65.63 % 66.23 % 56.42 % 56.92 % 61.07 %
Number of Patients with Hypertension (HTN) Whose Blood Pressure (BP) was Controlled (< 140/90 mmHg) * 442,209 480,220 436,615 482,855 486,745
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control * 35.00 % 34.38 % 37.01 % 35.06 % 32.66 %
Number of Diabetic Patients with Poorly Controlled Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c > 9%) or No Test During Year * 153,343 161,502 173,199 176,380 174,124
% of Patients seen for follow-up within 30 days of first ever HIV diagnosis 86.52 % 88.19 % 80.89 % 83.70 % 80.38 %
Number of HIV Patients Who were Newly Diagnosed HIV and Received Follow-up Treatment 1,701 1,232 944 1,130 1,155
Cost Data 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Health Center Cluster $640,347,764 $669,820,064 $653,969,032 $704,413,536 $674,381,870
Total Cost $5,983,520,664 $6,768,628,355 $6,988,794,139 $7,691,372,670 $8,596,276,160
Total Accrued Cost per Patient $1,201.38 $1,268.21 $1,353.67 $1,467.94 $1,618.07

Footnotes

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