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Connecticut Health Center Program Uniform Data System (UDS) Data

Total Number of Reporting Program Awardees: 16

Reporting Period: 2023

Total Patients Served: 434,681

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. Learn more.

National Quality Leader
12.50 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Gold
12.50 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Silver
12.50 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Bronze
18.75 %
Access Enhancer
31.25 %
Health Disparities Reducer
25.00 %
Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality
93.75 %
Social Risk Factors
25.00 %
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
100.00 %

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 2023 UDS Data Tables

UDS Data Five-Year Summary

Age and Race / Ethnicity 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Patients 397,111 374,929 409,362 420,005 434,681
Age (% of total patients)
% Children (< 18 years) 32.52 % 30.60 % 32.41 % 32.45 % 32.36 %
Children (< 18 years) 129,121 114,745 132,665 136,295 140,666
% Adults (18 – 64 years) 59.59 % 61.08 % 59.04 % 58.34 % 58.21 %
Adults (18 – 64 years) 236,625 229,021 241,690 245,018 253,035
% Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 7.90 % 8.31 % 8.55 % 9.21 % 9.43 %
Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 31,365 31,163 35,007 38,692 40,980
Patients By Race & Ethnicity (% known)
% Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 76.98 % 77.54 % 78.40 % 78.61 % 79.05 %
Number of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 283,593 265,277 294,843 298,240 315,520
% Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Patients 51.45 % 52.40 % 51.34 % 52.79 % 52.37 %
Number of Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Ethnicity Patients 194,887 184,168 199,555 207,034 216,212
% Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin White Patients 28.75 % 28.39 % 27.25 % 28.44 % 28.10 %
Number of Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin White Patients 84,799 76,823 81,211 81,161 83,610
% Total Asian Patients * 3.39 % 3.18 % 3.39 % 3.67 % 3.71 %
Number of Total Asian Patients * 9,990 8,610 10,117 10,478 11,033
% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 1.00 % 1.12 % 0.98 % 1.01 % 1.03 %
Number of Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 2,945 3,040 2,917 2,885 3,077
% Black/African American Patients * 27.68 % 28.16 % 30.17 % 30.46 % 32.06 %
Number of Black/African American * 81,661 76,183 89,921 86,935 95,402
% American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 0.91 % 0.93 % 0.88 % 0.95 % 1.19 %
Number of American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 2,686 2,525 2,628 2,716 3,533
% More than one race Patients * 3.72 % 3.43 % 3.28 % 3.09 % 2.91 %
Number of Patients with More than one race * 10,980 9,267 9,767 8,826 8,669
Total Patients with Known Race Ethnicity (Denominator) 294,996 270,566 298,042 285,368 297,586
Total Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients (Denominator) 368,392 342,100 376,054 379,401 399,130
Total Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin & Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Patients (Denominator for Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Ethnicity) 378,764 351,442 388,660 392,163 412,828
Language (% known)
% Best Served in a Language other than English 25.88 % 29.56 % 30.29 % 31.38 % 34.37 %
Number of Patients Best Served in a Language Other than English 102,762 110,826 123,987 131,786 149,412
Patient Characteristics 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Income Status (% of patients with known income)
Total Patients with Known Income (Denominator) 308,957 282,794 264,087 300,117 327,447
% Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 91.63 % 92.08 % 90.98 % 91.08 % 91.36 %
Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 283,105 260,388 240,272 273,354 299,168
% Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 67.80 % 66.50 % 65.40 % 66.23 % 68.06 %
Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 209,468 188,046 172,722 198,780 222,868
Insurance Status (% of total patients)
% None/Uninsured Patients 16.62 % 17.69 % 16.04 % 16.59 % 15.87 %
None/Uninsured Patients 65,989 66,328 65,664 69,696 68,980
% None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 10.55 % 11.71 % 11.77 % 12.80 % 9.90 %
None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 13,625 13,440 15,613 17,439 13,924
% Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 60.58 % 59.16 % 61.11 % 60.23 % 59.56 %
Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 240,574 221,818 250,170 252,968 258,911
% Medicare Patients 7.70 % 7.47 % 7.33 % 7.17 % 8.29 %
Medicare Patients 30,563 27,999 30,002 30,110 36,039
% Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 6.01 % 5.73 % 5.51 % 5.02 % 5.46 %
Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 23,872 21,469 22,571 21,076 23,755
% Other Third-Party Patients 15.11 % 15.68 % 15.52 % 16.01 % 16.28 %
Other Third-Party Patients 59,985 58,784 63,526 67,231 70,751
Total Patients 397,111 374,929 409,362 420,005 434,681
Children (< 18 years) 129,121 114,745 132,665 136,295 140,666
Special Populations
% Homeless Patients 3.51 % 3.25 % 3.12 % 3.38 % 3.38 %
Total Homeless Patients 13,953 12,178 12,774 14,217 14,699
% Total Agricultural Workers or Their Family Members 0.38 % 0.47 % 0.62 % 0.77 % 0.72 %
Total Agricultural Workers or Their Family Members 1,492 1,759 2,536 3,218 3,114
% Public Housing Patients 29.52 % 31.22 % 43.47 % 43.24 % 42.27 %
Total Patients Served at a Health Center Located In or Immediately Accessible to a Public Housing Site 117,243 117,060 177,961 181,596 183,757
% School-Based Service Site Patients 6.40 % 6.39 % 6.00 % 6.98 % 7.59 %
School-Based Service Site Patients 25,403 23,946 24,555 29,302 32,987
% Veterans Patients 0.74 % 0.60 % 0.53 % 0.54 % 0.49 %
Veterans Patients 2,943 2,247 2,150 2,248 2,127
Number of Female Patients (ages 15-44) 101,483 97,953 105,504 107,543 112,499
% Patients Under 15 Who are Female 22.95 % 21.37 % 22.50 % 22.35 % 22.12 %
Number of Patients Under 15 Who are Female 51,286 45,474 52,465 53,392 54,770
Patients 15-64 Who are Female 68.66 % 69.98 % 68.53 % 68.07 % 68.12 %
Number of Patients 15-64 Who are Female 153,461 148,933 159,798 162,616 168,638
Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 8.39 % 8.65 % 8.97 % 9.58 % 9.76 %
Number of Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 18,755 18,420 20,914 22,897 24,157
Total Female Patients (Denominator) 223,502 212,827 233,177 238,905 247,565
Patients by Sexual Orientation
% Lesbian or Gay (% of known) 1.69 % 1.72 % 1.93 % 1.89 % 1.85 %
% Heterosexual or Straight (% of known) 96.00 % 95.86 % 95.03 % 94.72 % 94.50 %
% Bisexual (% of known) 1.85 % 1.95 % 2.37 % 2.59 % 2.58 %
% Other (% of known) 0.46 % 0.46 % 0.68 % 0.79 % 1.07 %
% Don't know (% of total) 38.14 % 1.44 % 1.53 % 3.59 % 3.22 %
% Chose Not to Disclose (% of total) 6.59 % 3.55 % 3.43 % 4.11 % 4.41 %
% Unknown (% of total) 37.75 % 40.73 % 37.00 % 34.62 %
Patients by Gender Identity
% Male (% of known) 30.79 % 40.95 % 40.50 % 40.95 % 40.76 %
% Female (% of known) 42.16 % 58.27 % 59.07 % 58.59 % 58.77 %
% Transgender Man/Transgender Male/Transmasculine (% of known) 0.15 % 0.20 % 0.22 % 0.24 % 0.26 %
% Transgender Woman/Transgender Female/Transfeminine (% of known) 0.15 % 0.22 % 0.21 % 0.21 % 0.21 %
% Other (% of total) 26.28 % 0.25 % 0.23 % 0.26 % 0.29 %
% Chose Not to Disclose (% of total) 1.73 % 0.51 % 0.52 % 1.43 % 1.43 %
% Unknown (% of total) 29.35 % 30.80 % 28.68 % 27.22 %
Services (% of patients) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
% Medical Patients 83.28 % 85.42 % 85.18 % 84.19 % 84.95 %
Medical Patients 330,707 320,258 348,679 353,623 369,277
% Dental Patients 27.36 % 15.93 % 18.53 % 21.00 % 20.20 %
Dental Patients 108,639 59,717 75,855 88,188 87,809
% Mental Health Patients 15.87 % 15.63 % 14.63 % 14.55 % 14.81 %
Mental Health Patients 63,018 58,590 59,873 61,116 64,377
% Substance Use Disorder Patients 0.98 % 0.81 % 0.68 % 1.25 % 1.16 %
Substance Use Disorder Patients 3,892 3,044 2,801 5,270 5,038
% Vision Patients 1.62 % 0.87 % 0.94 % 1.27 % 1.41 %
Vision Patients 6,420 3,249 3,828 5,340 6,149
% Enabling Services Patients 9.68 % 9.03 % 8.69 % 8.43 % 7.49 %
Enabling Services Patients 38,451 33,853 35,566 35,419 32,560
Total Patients 397,111 374,929 409,362 420,005 434,681
Clinical Data 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Patients
Medical Conditions (% of Patients with Medical Conditions)
% Hypertension Patients * 28.14 % 28.71 % 29.28 % 27.47 % 28.44 %
Number of Hypertension Patients * 62,268 63,279 68,439 65,024 70,390
% Diabetes Patients * 15.00 % 15.34 % 15.29 % 15.57 % 15.73 %
Number of Diabetes Patients * 32,219 32,828 34,648 35,586 37,558
% Asthma 9.53 % 9.72 % 8.69 % 8.87 % 8.61 %
Number of Asthma Patients 31,521 31,123 30,293 31,350 31,789
% Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 0.87 % 0.88 % 0.85 % 0.82 % 0.80 %
Number of Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 2,884 2,818 2,962 2,894 2,956
Prenatal
Number of Prenatal Care Patients 5,692 5,099 6,816 6,666 7,247
Number of Prenatal Care Patients who Delivered 3,045 2,964 3,686 3,617 3,993
Quality of Care Measures
Perinatal Health
Early Entry into Prenatal Care (first visit in first trimester) 76.84 % 75.84 % 77.11 % 71.33 % 64.68 %
Number of Access to Prenatal Care (First Prenatal Visit in 1st Trimester) 4,374 3,867 5,256 4,755 4,687
% Low and Very Low Birth Weight 9.11 % 8.73 % 8.61 % 9.72 % 8.26 %
Number of Newborns with Low Birth Weight 278 260 320 355 329
Preventive Health Screening & Services
Cervical Cancer Screening * 57.91 % 53.50 % 53.22 % 53.41 % 54.10 %
Number of Cervical Cancer Screening Patients * 56,256 50,456 54,500 54,639 58,558
Breast Cancer Screening 52.35 % 51.07 % 55.79 % 58.77 %
Number of Female Patients Aged 52 through 74 who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer 19,412 21,173 23,408 25,230
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents * 79.87 % 76.27 % 79.42 % 76.39 % 77.20 %
Number of Children Age 3-17 with Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity * 71,054 57,545 71,872 72,526 79,269
Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan * 75.80 % 62.39 % 61.99 % 62.40 % 65.87 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older with Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up * 157,024 109,245 119,928 127,047 152,947
Percent Adults Screened for Tobacco Use and Receiving Cessation Intervention * 90.83 % 88.67 % 86.52 % 86.53 % 82.82 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older Screened for Tobacco Use and Received Cessation Counseling * 162,695 156,911 161,388 160,816 176,575
Colorectal Cancer Screening * 51.94 % 47.66 % 49.08 % 47.93 % 44.47 %
Number of Patients Screened for Colorectal Cancer * 38,024 33,854 37,831 37,632 46,100
Childhood Immunization Status * 63.09 % 68.12 % 61.99 % 57.71 % 52.55 %
Number of Children Under Age 3 Who Received Appropriate Childhood Immunizations * 3,102 3,196 3,203 3,034 2,907
Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan * 71.22 % 67.49 % 72.62 % 66.09 % 68.50 %
Number of Patients Screened for Clinical Depression and if Positive had a Follow-Up Plan Documented * 153,337 137,377 157,045 140,831 153,805
Depression Remission at Twelve Months 18.05 % 29.10 % 25.77 % 20.25 %
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 927 1,670 1,429 994
Dental Sealants for Children between 6-9 Years 65.63 % 50.11 % 56.20 % 57.83 % 55.89 %
Number of Children Age 6-9 Who Received Dental Sealants 1,474 471 893 1,126 987
HIV Screening 56.10 % 61.80 % 62.62 % 65.48 %
Number of Patients 15 through 65 years of age who were tested for HIV when within age range 110,516 135,646 138,743 153,476
Chronic Disease Management
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease * 76.55 % 77.22 % 73.98 % 75.93 % 78.81 %
Number of Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events who were Prescribed or were on Statin Therapy * 24,246 26,625 29,837 37,208 39,878
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antiplatelet * 87.78 % 82.39 % 81.79 % 79.67 % 76.35 %
Number of Patients Age 18 and Older Diagnosed with Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic * 4,380 3,929 4,748 5,299 5,263
Controlling High Blood Pressure * 66.24 % 56.33 % 57.61 % 62.89 % 64.51 %
Number of Patients with Hypertension (HTN) Whose Blood Pressure (BP) was Controlled (< 140/90 mmHg) * 41,244 35,646 39,428 40,891 45,412
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control * 29.73 % 36.48 % 33.74 % 29.12 % 28.28 %
Number of Diabetic Patients with Poorly Controlled Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c > 9%) or No Test During Year * 9,579 11,974 11,689 10,364 10,620
% of Patients seen for follow-up within 30 days of first ever HIV diagnosis 100.00 % 84.85 % 96.97 % 92.16 % 92.59 %
Number of HIV Patients Who were Newly Diagnosed HIV and Received Follow-up Treatment 36 28 64 47 50
Cost Data 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Health Center Cluster $63,065,455 $59,760,037 $63,058,705 $64,213,131 $58,798,514
Total Cost $468,580,054 $509,622,740 $589,056,647 $628,033,744 $667,272,517
Total Accrued Cost per Patient $1,179.97 $1,359.25 $1,438.96 $1,495.30 $1,535.09

Footnotes

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Cells that are shaded blue represent data that was not reported or null values.

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