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North Carolina Health Center Program Uniform Data System (UDS) Data

Total Number of Reporting Program Awardees: 38

Reporting Period: 2023

Total Patients Served: 694,057

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
5.26%
Health Center Quality Leader - Gold
15.79%
Health Center Quality Leader - Silver
7.89%
Health Center Quality Leader - Bronze
7.89%
Access Enhancer
28.95%
Health Disparities Reducer
26.32%
Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality
63.16%
Social Risk Factors
31.58%
Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
78.95%
UDS+ Early Adopter
13.16%

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

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UDS Data Five-Year Summary

Age and Race / Ethnicity 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Patients 610,469 664,693 721,568 696,072 694,057
Age (% of total patients)
% Children (< 18 years) 22.91% 18.69% 21.08% 20.47% 21.20%
Children (< 18 years) 139,866 124,233 152,114 142,476 147,149
% Adults (18 – 64 years) 64.18% 67.42% 65.49% 63.85% 61.85%
Adults (18 – 64 years) 391,817 448,131 472,566 444,447 429,257
% Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 12.91% 13.89% 13.43% 15.68% 16.95%
Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 78,786 92,329 96,888 109,149 117,651
Patients By Race & Ethnicity (% known)
% Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 63.37% 61.66% 62.84% 61.95% 60.65%
Number of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 367,386 354,407 396,512 392,673 391,018
% Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Patients 30.31% 28.05% 29.85% 30.95% 31.34%
Number of Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Ethnicity Patients 178,403 164,876 192,168 199,374 205,455
% Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin White Patients 40.59% 42.68% 41.39% 42.38% 43.46%
Number of Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin White Patients 212,379 220,373 234,428 241,154 253,669
% Total Asian Patients * 1.55% 1.45% 1.39% 1.49% 1.47%
Number of Total Asian Patients * 8,106 7,475 7,853 8,459 8,600
% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 0.38% 0.36% 0.40% 0.38% 0.38%
Number of Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 1,997 1,843 2,264 2,169 2,190
% Black/African American Patients * 32.99% 33.37% 32.91% 30.32% 28.37%
Number of Black/African American * 172,614 172,313 186,380 172,541 165,591
% American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 1.63% 1.99% 2.02% 2.01% 2.13%
Number of American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 8,509 10,260 11,452 11,464 12,408
% More than one race Patients * 4.49% 2.51% 2.77% 3.06% 2.48%
Number of Patients with More than one race * 23,496 12,961 15,691 17,391 14,451
Total Patients with Known Race Ethnicity (Denominator) 523,166 516,314 566,378 569,012 583,691
Total Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients (Denominator) 579,765 574,780 630,940 633,827 644,687
Total Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin & Non-Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Patients (Denominator for Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish Origin Ethnicity) 588,651 587,823 643,872 644,285 655,531
Language (% known)
% Best Served in a Language other than English 22.31% 20.62% 21.75% 22.83% 25.27%
Number of Patients Best Served in a Language Other than English 136,188 137,032 156,956 158,883 175,400
Patient Characteristics 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Income Status (% of patients with known income)
Total Patients with Known Income (Denominator) 417,448 398,765 423,621 444,077 468,436
% Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 89.52% 89.71% 90.96% 90.68% 90.90%
Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 373,688 357,729 385,346 402,670 425,831
% Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 66.29% 70.44% 71.38% 69.64% 71.10%
Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 276,707 280,909 302,386 309,261 333,065
Insurance Status (% of total patients)
% None/Uninsured Patients 43.36% 40.21% 36.58% 35.63% 32.91%
None/Uninsured Patients 264,718 267,274 263,937 247,990 228,407
% None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 27.17% 25.72% 24.58% 25.80% 24.10%
None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 37,998 31,947 37,383 36,760 35,467
% Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 24.16% 20.35% 21.26% 22.68% 26.25%
Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 147,493 135,243 153,395 157,895 182,219
% Medicare Patients 12.66% 13.38% 12.34% 14.42% 16.39%
Medicare Patients 77,260 88,960 89,068 100,342 113,743
% Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 3.76% 3.43% 3.29% 3.81% 4.45%
Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 22,972 22,769 23,768 26,514 30,886
% Other Third-Party Patients 19.82% 26.06% 29.82% 27.27% 24.45%
Other Third-Party Patients 120,998 173,216 215,168 189,845 169,688
Total Patients 610,469 664,693 721,568 696,072 694,057
Children (< 18 years) 139,866 124,233 152,114 142,476 147,149
Special Populations
% Homeless Patients 2.99% 2.38% 1.88% 1.98% 2.27%
Total Homeless Patients 18,275 15,839 13,563 13,807 15,754
% Total Agricultural Workers or Their Family Members 5.82% 4.52% 5.24% 6.04% 5.76%
Total Agricultural Workers or Their Family Members 35,508 30,041 37,811 42,041 40,002
% Public Housing Patients 24.53% 22.06% 28.73% 32.70% 27.85%
Total Patients Served at a Health Center Located In or Immediately Accessible to a Public Housing Site 149,746 146,639 207,280 227,611 193,327
% School-Based Service Site Patients 1.31% 0.94% 0.88% 3.54% 1.74%
School-Based Service Site Patients 7,969 6,237 6,351 24,656 12,068
% Veterans Patients 1.42% 1.24% 1.28% 1.57% 1.51%
Veterans Patients 8,671 8,269 9,251 10,935 10,486
Number of Female Patients (ages 15-44) 138,330 155,868 165,755 151,498 148,103
% Patients Under 15 Who are Female 16.53% 13.32% 15.08% 14.76% 14.91%
Number of Patients Under 15 Who are Female 57,150 50,118 60,763 57,281 58,159
Patients 15-64 Who are Female 69.90% 72.10% 70.70% 68.86% 67.39%
Number of Patients 15-64 Who are Female 241,617 271,238 284,927 267,310 262,821
Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 13.56% 14.58% 14.23% 16.38% 17.69%
Number of Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 46,884 54,841 57,334 63,597 69,000
Total Female Patients (Denominator) 345,651 376,197 403,024 388,188 389,980
Patients by Sexual Orientation
% Lesbian or Gay (% of known) 1.39% 1.46% 1.18% 1.34% 1.43%
% Heterosexual or Straight (% of known) 97.69% 97.61% 97.75% 97.23% 96.42%
% Bisexual (% of known) 0.70% 0.75% 0.79% 0.98% 1.05%
% Other (% of known) 0.22% 0.18% 0.28% 0.44% 1.11%
% Don't know (% of total) 25.98% 2.41% 2.30% 2.42% 2.03%
% Chose Not to Disclose (% of total) 10.03% 9.74% 5.90% 5.95% 5.59%
% Unknown (% of total) 32.24% 28.18% 21.61% 14.37%
Patients by Gender Identity
% Male (% of known) 39.28% 41.55% 43.02% 42.94% 43.00%
% Female (% of known) 52.46% 57.27% 56.77% 56.76% 56.68%
% Transgender Man/Transgender Male/Transmasculine (% of known) 0.10% 0.11% 0.12% 0.16% 0.19%
% Transgender Woman/Transgender Female/Transfeminine (% of known) 0.09% 0.09% 0.09% 0.14% 0.13%
% Other (% of total) 7.57% 0.66% 0.56% 0.52% 0.50%
% Chose Not to Disclose (% of total) 6.04% 3.53% 2.24% 2.04% 1.50%
% Unknown (% of total) 28.81% 25.20% 17.98% 12.54%
Services (% of patients) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
% Medical Patients 80.94% 84.50% 86.00% 84.58% 83.75%
Medical Patients 494,093 561,655 620,534 588,718 581,279
% Dental Patients 18.48% 13.73% 13.78% 14.71% 15.20%
Dental Patients 112,798 91,234 99,412 102,358 105,481
% Mental Health Patients 9.47% 8.69% 7.25% 7.86% 8.68%
Mental Health Patients 57,783 57,788 52,324 54,712 60,267
% Substance Use Disorder Patients 1.33% 1.45% 1.06% 1.03% 1.33%
Substance Use Disorder Patients 8,121 9,616 7,662 7,147 9,252
% Vision Patients 0.12% 0.11% 0.12% 0.14% 0.16%
Vision Patients 716 748 865 952 1,102
% Enabling Services Patients 9.73% 6.92% 8.16% 10.27% 11.33%
Enabling Services Patients 59,425 46,023 58,916 71,496 78,619
Total Patients 610,469 664,693 721,568 696,072 694,057
Clinical Data 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Patients
Medical Conditions (% of Patients with Medical Conditions)
% Hypertension Patients * 38.01% 34.98% 33.90% 37.75% 38.32%
Number of Hypertension Patients * 142,818 157,507 163,896 173,952 172,576
% Diabetes Patients * 19.86% 17.37% 16.89% 20.09% 21.24%
Number of Diabetes Patients * 71,338 74,734 78,161 87,584 89,780
% Asthma 5.01% 4.21% 3.99% 4.57% 4.99%
Number of Asthma Patients 24,730 23,658 24,771 26,896 28,980
% Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 0.75% 0.68% 0.63% 0.68% 0.69%
Number of Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 3,696 3,814 3,912 4,014 4,033
Prenatal
Number of Prenatal Care Patients 4,215 3,914 3,894 4,238 4,129
Number of Prenatal Care Patients who Delivered 2,453 2,527 2,275 2,447 2,359
Quality of Care Measures
Perinatal Health
Early Entry into Prenatal Care (first visit in first trimester) 70.37% 74.09% 72.14% 73.34% 71.25%
Number of Access to Prenatal Care (First Prenatal Visit in 1st Trimester) 2,966 2,900 2,809 3,108 2,942
% Low and Very Low Birth Weight 9.43% 8.70% 8.97% 8.03% 9.84%
Number of Newborns with Low Birth Weight 228 218 204 196 234
Preventive Health Screening & Services
Cervical Cancer Screening * 52.81% 40.25% 41.76% 47.12% 52.07%
Number of Cervical Cancer Screening Patients * 78,511 72,207 78,633 82,798 88,252
Breast Cancer Screening 41.09% 41.32% 45.48% 53.94%
Number of Female Patients Aged 52 through 74 who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer 38,587 42,207 46,755 54,592
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents * 70.61% 49.52% 55.02% 56.89% 60.82%
Number of Children Age 3-17 with Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity * 52,807 33,307 43,730 48,759 53,848
Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan * 73.67% 54.09% 51.98% 55.23% 67.23%
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older with Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up * 269,794 225,642 227,661 235,284 291,035
Percent Adults Screened for Tobacco Use and Receiving Cessation Intervention * 85.28% 79.14% 62.63% 81.03% 85.10%
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older Screened for Tobacco Use and Received Cessation Counseling * 222,969 213,903 222,852 245,198 283,264
Colorectal Cancer Screening * 46.47% 35.37% 35.55% 41.70% 44.64%
Number of Patients Screened for Colorectal Cancer * 73,654 63,818 68,356 81,518 101,331
Childhood Immunization Status * 47.74% 42.63% 33.62% 31.17% 32.34%
Number of Children Under Age 3 Who Received Appropriate Childhood Immunizations * 2,184 1,849 1,616 1,423 1,459
Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan * 69.96% 57.92% 50.76% 61.23% 72.04%
Number of Patients Screened for Clinical Depression and if Positive had a Follow-Up Plan Documented * 235,700 204,327 221,638 249,313 277,333
Depression Remission at Twelve Months 13.63% 12.85% 14.23% 13.92%
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 1,648 1,409 1,406 1,469
Dental Sealants for Children between 6-9 Years 49.97% 46.22% 44.65% 57.52% 55.96%
Number of Children Age 6-9 Who Received Dental Sealants 1,530 1,015 1,139 2,068 2,624
HIV Screening 34.00% 34.84% 38.24% 45.55%
Number of Patients 15 through 65 years of age who were tested for HIV when within age range 98,084 126,583 148,180 171,113
Chronic Disease Management
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease * 72.97% 72.06% 75.12% 77.06% 79.28%
Number of Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events who were Prescribed or were on Statin Therapy * 53,632 62,924 67,045 86,751 98,278
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antiplatelet * 79.15% 75.76% 78.78% 77.06% 74.97%
Number of Patients Age 18 and Older Diagnosed with Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic * 15,350 15,086 13,973 17,669 18,766
Controlling High Blood Pressure * 61.20% 58.93% 61.20% 62.34% 66.02%
Number of Patients with Hypertension (HTN) Whose Blood Pressure (BP) was Controlled (< 140/90 mmHg) * 87,405 92,816 100,304 108,437 113,931
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control * 28.66% 34.34% 28.12% 28.09% 26.74%
Number of Diabetic Patients with Poorly Controlled Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c > 9%) or No Test During Year * 20,442 25,663 21,981 24,599 24,011
% of Patients seen for follow-up within 30 days of first ever HIV diagnosis 91.16% 88.98% 80.00% 73.05% 81.18%
Number of HIV Patients Who were Newly Diagnosed HIV and Received Follow-up Treatment 165 113 100 103 138
Cost Data 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total Health Center Cluster $139,301,314 $129,619,197 $146,078,891 $143,659,836 $143,425,651
Total Cost $498,444,123 $553,013,798 $626,503,401 $699,059,197 $824,068,469
Total Accrued Cost per Patient $816.49 $831.98 $868.25 $1,004.29 $1,187.32

Footnotes

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

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