Community Health Centers

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Community Health Centers are local, nonprofit clinics that provide comprehensive primary and preventive health care—often on a sliding fee scale—to underserved and medically vulnerable populations across the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Community Health Centers canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf health care organization type ⓘ
primary care provider model ⓘ
boardCompositionRequirement majority of board members must be patients ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fundedBy Health Resources and Services Administration ⓘ
Medicaid ⓘ
Medicare ⓘ
Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act ⓘ
patient fees ⓘ
private insurance payments ⓘ
state and local grants ⓘ
goal improve access to primary care ⓘ
improve population health outcomes ⓘ
provide culturally competent care ⓘ
reduce avoidable emergency department use ⓘ
reduce health disparities ⓘ
governedBy community-based board of directors ⓘ
hasCharacteristic community-based ⓘ
nonprofit ⓘ
patient-directed ⓘ
safety-net provider ⓘ
offersService behavioral health services ⓘ
care coordination ⓘ
chronic disease management ⓘ
dental care ⓘ
enabling services ⓘ
family medicine ⓘ
health education ⓘ
immunizations ⓘ
internal medicine ⓘ
obstetrics and gynecology care ⓘ
outreach services ⓘ
pediatric care ⓘ
pharmacy services ⓘ
prenatal care ⓘ
preventive screenings ⓘ
substance use disorder services ⓘ
paymentModel discounted fees based on income ⓘ
sliding fee scale ⓘ
policyRole key component of the U.S. health care safety net ⓘ
support implementation of the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
primaryFunction provide comprehensive primary care ⓘ
provide preventive health care ⓘ
reduce barriers to health care access ⓘ
serve medically underserved populations ⓘ
regulatoryStatus federally qualified health center eligible ⓘ
servesPopulation low-income individuals ⓘ
medically underserved communities ⓘ
migrant and seasonal farmworkers ⓘ
people experiencing homelessness ⓘ
public housing residents ⓘ
racial and ethnic minorities ⓘ
underinsured individuals ⓘ
uninsured individuals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of Primary Health Care → oversees → Community Health Centers ⓘ
Uniform Data System → appliesTo → Community Health Centers ⓘ