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Vermont Health Center Program Uniform Data System (UDS) Data

Total Number of Reporting Program Awardees: 11

Reporting Period: 2022

Total Patients Served: 190,095

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.

Health Center Quality Leader - Gold
9.09 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Silver
27.27 %
Health Center Quality Leader - Bronze
9.09 %
Access Enhancer
27.27 %
Health Disparities Reducer
27.27 %
Advancing Health Information Technology (HIT) for Quality
72.73 %
COVID-19 Public Health Champion Badge
18.18 %
Social Risk Factors
36.36 %
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 2022 UDS Data Tables

UDS Data Five-Year Summary

Age and Race / Ethnicity 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Patients 181,892 187,339 171,308 184,682 190,095
Age (% of total patients)
% Children (< 18 years) 19.22 % 18.49 % 17.52 % 17.62 % 16.99 %
Children (< 18 years) 34,962 34,647 30,021 32,534 32,294
% Adults (18 – 64 years) 59.33 % 58.80 % 58.80 % 58.32 % 57.59 %
Adults (18 – 64 years) 107,914 110,159 100,733 107,715 109,485
% Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 21.45 % 22.70 % 23.67 % 24.06 % 25.42 %
Older Adults (Age 65 and over) 39,016 42,533 40,554 44,433 48,316
Patients By Race & Ethnicity (% known)
% Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 6.61 % 6.59 % 6.27 % 6.74 % 6.64 %
Number of Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients 11,362 11,518 10,051 11,670 11,747
% Hispanic/Latino Patients 1.46 % 1.58 % 1.55 % 1.69 % 1.71 %
Number of Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity Patients 2,574 2,793 2,502 2,952 3,047
% Non-Hispanic White Patients 93.61 % 93.72 % 93.98 % 93.51 % 93.68 %
Number of Non-Hispanic White Patients 160,421 163,248 150,292 161,415 165,211
% Asian Patients * 1.91 % 1.84 % 1.68 % 1.71 % 1.72 %
Number of Asian Patients * 3,267 3,207 2,690 2,954 3,037
% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 0.08 % 0.08 % 0.07 % 0.07 % 0.07 %
Number of Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Patients * 129 133 109 129 123
% Black/African American Patients * 1.67 % 1.66 % 1.59 % 1.58 % 1.57 %
Number of Black/African American * 2,859 2,899 2,536 2,721 2,763
% American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 0.30 % 0.35 % 0.36 % 0.34 % 0.35 %
Number of American Indian/Alaska Native Patients * 521 606 576 584 615
% More than one race Patients * 1.52 % 1.43 % 1.36 % 1.78 % 1.58 %
Number of Patients with More than one race * 2,598 2,494 2,167 3,065 2,788
Total Patients with Known Race Ethnicity (Denominator) 171,376 174,186 159,912 172,619 176,355
Total Racial and/or Ethnic Minority Patients (Denominator) 171,783 174,766 160,343 173,085 176,958
Total Hispanic/Latino & Non-Hispanic Latino Patients (Denominator for Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity) 176,180 176,924 161,745 174,505 178,667
Language (% known)
% Best Served in a Language other than English 1.97 % 3.54 % 1.76 % 1.72 % 1.71 %
Number of Patients Best Served in a Language Other than English 3,589 6,639 3,021 3,171 3,248
Patient Characteristics 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Income Status (% of patients with known income)
Total Patients with Known Income (Denominator) 49,923 49,121 38,682 43,614 39,515
% Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 75.98 % 73.85 % 75.18 % 59.96 % 65.33 %
Patients at or Below 200% of Federal Poverty Guideline 37,929 36,276 29,081 26,153 25,815
% Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 35.01 % 31.46 % 33.27 % 25.18 % 25.53 %
Patients at or Below 100% of Federal Poverty Guideline (included in above) 17,480 15,452 12,868 10,984 10,088
Insurance Status (% of total patients)
% None/Uninsured Patients 8.21 % 9.51 % 7.42 % 7.23 % 6.37 %
None/Uninsured Patients 14,929 17,807 12,716 13,345 12,113
% None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 9.56 % 10.82 % 5.24 % 5.26 % 4.63 %
None/Uninsured Children (<18 years) 3,344 3,750 1,573 1,711 1,496
% Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 27.63 % 26.11 % 28.38 % 29.69 % 29.38 %
Medicaid/CHIP Patients * 50,253 48,922 48,624 54,828 55,855
% Medicare Patients 22.99 % 23.01 % 23.70 % 23.14 % 23.43 %
Medicare Patients 41,816 43,105 40,598 42,733 44,542
% Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 4.72 % 3.43 % 5.43 % 5.35 % 5.48 %
Dually Eligible (Medicare and Medicaid) 8,579 6,426 9,296 9,876 10,416
% Other Third-Party Patients 41.17 % 41.37 % 40.49 % 39.95 % 40.81 %
Other Third-Party Patients 74,894 77,505 69,370 73,776 77,585
Total Patients 181,892 187,339 171,308 184,682 190,095
Children (< 18 years) 34,962 34,647 30,021 32,534 32,294
Special Populations
% Homeless Patients 1.31 % 1.26 % 1.22 % 1.25 % 1.21 %
Total Homeless Patients 2,389 2,365 2,091 2,307 2,294
% Total Agricultural Workers or Dependents 0.43 % 0.45 % 0.46 % 0.46 % 0.43 %
Total Agricultural Workers or Dependents 790 836 783 841 820
% Public Housing Patients 23.94 % 22.90 % 45.75 % 46.10 % 47.28 %
Total Patients Served at a Health Center Located In or Immediately Accessible to a Public Housing Site 43,536 42,905 78,376 85,145 89,882
% School-Based Service Site Patients 0.10 % 0.15 % 0.22 % 0.24 % 0.27 %
School-Based Service Site Patients 183 284 369 442 509
% Veterans Patients 3.54 % 3.48 % 3.28 % 3.30 % 3.09 %
Veterans Patients 6,433 6,518 5,614 6,102 5,866
Number of Female Patients (ages 15-44) 35,135 36,209 33,085 35,922 36,840
% Patients Under 15 Who are Female 14.39 % 13.77 % 13.04 % 13.06 % 12.37 %
Number of Patients Under 15 Who are Female 14,182 14,006 12,122 13,024 12,793
Patients 15-64 Who are Female 63.56 % 63.10 % 62.98 % 62.82 % 61.97 %
Number of Patients 15-64 Who are Female 62,642 64,168 58,529 62,629 64,099
Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 22.06 % 23.12 % 23.97 % 24.11 % 25.67 %
Number of Patients 65 and Over Who are Female 21,739 23,513 22,277 24,036 26,551
Total Female Patients (Denominator) 98,563 101,687 92,928 99,689 103,443
Patients by Sexual Orientation
% Lesbian or Gay (% of known) 1.38 % 1.12 % 1.36 % 1.61 % 1.74 %
% Heterosexual or straight (% of known) 97.25 % 96.95 % 96.31 % 95.92 % 95.53 %
% Bisexual (% of known) 1.09 % 1.45 % 1.66 % 1.95 % 2.29 %
% Other (% of known) 0.28 % 0.48 % 0.67 % 0.53 % 0.45 %
% Dont know (% of total) 14.54 % 12.36 % 2.71 % 2.89 % 4.46 %
% Chose not to disclose (% of total) - Patients by Sexual Orientation 18.05 % 17.40 % 11.40 % 10.66 % 12.28 %
% Unknown sexual orientation (% of total patients) 14.02 % 12.82 % 8.97 %
Patients by Gender Identity
% Male (% of known) 37.67 % 40.83 % 44.67 % 44.76 % 44.54 %
% Female (% of known) 45.58 % 49.22 % 54.24 % 54.25 % 54.39 %
% Transgender Man/Transgender Male/Transmasculine (% of known) 0.11 % 0.16 % 0.23 % 0.26 % 0.29 %
% Transgender Woman/Transgender Female/Transfeminine (% of known) 0.08 % 0.11 % 0.17 % 0.19 % 0.26 %
% Other (% of total) 14.85 % 8.73 % 0.58 % 0.46 % 0.45 %
% Chose not to disclose (% of total) - Patients by Gender Identity 10.29 % 9.90 % 5.26 % 4.59 % 6.71 %
% Unknown gender identity (% of total patients) 11.83 % 10.96 % 7.64 %
Services (% of patients) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
% Medical Patients 86.40 % 86.09 % 86.20 % 85.69 % 87.71 %
Medical Patients 157,158 161,281 147,672 158,263 166,738
% Dental Patients 19.86 % 21.08 % 19.65 % 21.24 % 20.87 %
Dental Patients 36,128 39,490 33,668 39,219 39,665
% Mental Health Patients 7.29 % 7.77 % 8.18 % 7.75 % 7.43 %
Mental Health Patients 13,269 14,553 14,005 14,315 14,126
% Substance Use Disorder Patients 0.64 % 0.55 % 0.52 % 0.36 % 0.40 %
Substance Use Disorder Patients 1,163 1,031 884 673 759
% Vision Patients 1.92 % 1.74 % 1.00 % 0.96 % 1.24 %
Vision Patients 3,489 3,267 1,720 1,769 2,348
% Enabling Services Patients 1.22 % 1.43 % 2.91 % 2.46 % 2.52 %
Enabling Services Patients 2,215 2,688 4,987 4,549 4,790
Total Patients 181,892 187,339 171,308 184,682 190,095
Clinical Data 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Patients
Medical Conditions (% of Patients with Medical Conditions)
% Hypertension Patients * 31.82 % 32.55 % 32.91 % 33.62 % 30.61 %
Number of Hypertension Patients * 39,082 41,367 38,750 42,434 40,964
% Diabetes Patients * 10.53 % 11.09 % 11.44 % 10.45 % 11.48 %
Number of Diabetes Patients * 11,902 12,900 12,304 11,996 13,846
% Asthma 4.92 % 4.82 % 4.97 % 4.83 % 5.14 %
Number of Asthma Patients 7,726 7,774 7,338 7,640 8,570
% Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 0.05 % 0.05 % 0.06 % 0.06 % 0.06 %
Number of Symptomatic/Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 81 79 87 93 103
Prenatal
Number of Prenatal Care Patients 990 941 712 773 638
Number of Prenatal Care Patients who Delivered 596 576 402 421 379
Quality of Care Measures
Perinatal Health
Early Entry into Prenatal Care (first visit in first trimester) 87.47 % 85.76 % 91.43 % 81.89 % 92.32 %
Number of Access to Prenatal Care (First Prenatal Visit in 1st Trimester) 866 807 651 633 589
% Low and Very Low Birth Weight 5.02 % 7.18 % 6.97 % 9.83 % 5.57 %
Number of Newborns with Low Birth Weight 30 41 28 41 21
Preventive Health Screening & Services
Cervical Cancer Screening * 52.69 % 47.91 % 47.37 % 48.57 % 47.02 %
Number of Cervical Cancer Screening Patients * 23,122 20,398 18,765 20,298 21,360
Breast Cancer Screening 53.11 % 54.68 % 60.85 %
Number of Female Patients Aged 51 through 73 who had a mammogram to screen for breast cancer 14,315 15,568 17,230
Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents * 52.13 % 47.40 % 62.09 % 61.56 % 54.87 %
Number of Children Age 3-16 with Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity * 10,457 9,379 10,745 11,198 11,050
Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up Plan * 49.50 % 51.87 % 53.05 % 52.96 % 45.91 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older with Body Mass Index (BMI) Screening and Follow-Up * 63,847 65,637 61,334 66,647 62,882
Percent Adults Screened for Tobacco Use and Receiving Cessation Intervention * 84.18 % 80.51 % 85.57 % 81.79 % 75.98 %
Number of Adult Medical Patients Age 18 and Older Screened for Tobacco Use and Received Cessation Counseling * 81,811 79,797 80,552 79,918 76,675
Colorectal Cancer Screening * 57.09 % 55.97 % 58.85 % 60.47 % 56.60 %
Number of Patients Screened for Colorectal Cancer * 32,658 32,627 31,736 34,762 32,301
Childhood Immunization Status * 46.69 % 49.06 % 54.69 % 52.87 % 44.86 %
Number of Children Under Age 3 Who Received Appropriate Childhood Immunizations * 629 653 636 636 585
Screening for Depression and Follow-Up Plan * 48.50 % 52.20 % 55.06 % 60.90 % 59.01 %
Number of Patients Screened for Clinical Depression and if Positive had a Follow-Up Plan Documented * 53,952 56,822 54,974 60,349 67,833
Depression Remission at Twelve Months 12.45 % 1.93 % 2.32 %
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 256 55 79
Dental Sealants for Children between 6-9 Years 59.05 % 59.31 % 42.69 % 67.68 % 54.80 %
Number of Children Age 6-9 Who Received Dental Sealants 483 497 213 469 457
HIV Screening 9.23 % 12.43 % 16.18 %
Number of Patients 15 through 65 years of age who were tested for HIV when within age range 8,316 12,040 16,588
Chronic Disease Management
Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease * 63.93 % 66.79 % 68.27 % 73.29 %
Number of Patients at High Risk of Cardiovascular Events who were Prescribed or were on Statin Therapy * 15,367 16,521 19,725 19,316
Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antiplatelet * 87.19 % 84.04 % 83.74 % 82.01 % 80.80 %
Number of Patients Age 18 and Older Diagnosed with Ischemic Vascular Disease (IVD): Use of Aspirin or Another Antithrombotic * 6,497 6,639 6,446 6,698 6,509
Controlling High Blood Pressure * 65.18 % 67.29 % 61.88 % 63.05 % 64.07 %
Number of Patients with Hypertension (HTN) Whose Blood Pressure (BP) was Controlled (< 140/90 mmHg) * 25,475 27,837 23,978 26,753 26,244
Diabetes: Hemoglobin A1c Poor Control * 19.64 % 21.84 % 23.50 % 20.97 % 20.61 %
Number of Diabetic Patients with Poorly Controlled Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c > 9%) or No Test During Year * 2,338 2,817 2,891 2,516 2,853
% of Patients seen for follow-up within 30 days of first ever HIV diagnosis - - - - -
Number of HIV Patients Who were Newly Diagnosed HIV and Received Follow-up Treatment - - - - -
Cost Data 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total Health Center Cluster $22,697,547 $24,361,474 $26,064,429 $25,404,664 $24,109,735
Total Cost $176,850,185 $190,366,006 $193,081,939 $209,362,850 $240,247,229
Total Accrued Cost per Patient $972.28 $1,016.16 $1,127.10 $1,133.64 $1,263.83

Footnotes

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