ABOUT GCCN CLINICS
- 94% provide primary care medical services
- 46% provide dental services
- 46% provide vision services
- 86% provide prescription assistance
- 83% provide health education
- 34% provide mental health services
- 63% accept no payment of any kind for services. If a fee is charged, it can vary from $5-$75.
- A clinic’s primary source of funding is individuals and private foundations.
- The average operating budget for a clinic is $175,000.
- The average number of hours per week a clinic is open: 20.
- The average number of volunteer hours given a year per clinic is 4,200.
- In 2011, there was an average 25% increase in demand for services.
- 65% of the providers in Georgia have a religious affiliation.
ABOUT THE PATIENTS WE SERVE
- The uninsured in 90 of Georgia’s 159 counties have access to a charity clinic.
- 80% of patients have one or more chronic illnesses requiring extensive and ongoing medical care, care coordination, and patient education. The most common diagnosis is hypertension, followed by diabetes.
- 90% of the patients treated are aged 18-64 years.
- Most patients are employed, sometimes holding more than one job.
- At an average clinic, the percentage of patients who are: White-40%; African-American-41%; Latino-16%
- 0.5% of the patients served in charitable clinics are undocumented immigrants. 62% of patients served are 100% FPL.