California Association of Rural Health Clinics (CARHC)

Mission: To ensure that Rural Health Clinics can continue to provide high quality, cost-effective services to residents and visitors in their local communities.
Values: Education Communication Collaboration Advocacy
 

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Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) care for underserved populations. All RHCs are, by definition, serving lowincome patients in areas that have a shortage of medical services. It is a big responsibility as these patients tend to be sicker and more medically in need than average.

California Association of Rural Health Clinics (CARHC) is an association of RHCs in California. California RHCs provide millions of health care visits to hundreds of thousands of California residents in medically underserved rural communities each year. CARHC improves the care of these patients through education and outreach to and support of their RHCs.

• 85% of the state’s land mass is rural
• Rural CA is home to more than 5 million people, or
  13.7% of the state’s population
• Nearly 1 out of every 60 Americans live in rural CA.
  California’s RHCs
• There are 303 California RHCs as of January 2012
  • 124 Hospital Based
  • 163 Private Practices
  • 16 Community Based
• There is at least one RHC in 43 (of 58) CA counties.
• Primary Care – Family Practice, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Internal Medicine, Perinatal
• Specialty Care – Including Orthopedics, ENT, Gastroenterology, Surgery, Urology, Cardiology
• Dentistry
• Behavioral Health

Mission: To ensure that Rural Health Clinics can continue to provide high quality, cost-effective services to residents and visitors in their local communities.

California is a HUGE state – grappling with the state’s vast
geography is a significant challenge.

Services RHCs Provide