Rural Health Clinics

Rural Health Clinics (RHC) are established to improve healthcare access in medically underserved communities.  All RHCs provide healthcare services for low income populations. This defined patient population has a disproportionate share of health disparities and social determinates challenging for healthcare practitioners.
California's vast geography is a significant challenge.

• 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 Rural Health Clinics

• There are 303 California RHCs as of January 2012
• 24 Hospital Based
  • 163 Private Practices
  • 16 Community Based
• There is at least one RHC in 43 (of 58) CA counties.

Rural Health Clinic Medical Services

• ​Primary Care
  • Family Practice
  • Pediatrics
  • Obstetrics
  • Internal Medicine
  • Perinatal
• All Medical Specialty Care
• Dentistry
• Behavioral Health