A quick glance at the most striking facts and information found within the 2012 State of the Safety Net report.
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1. /// FINDINGS
STATE OF THE SAFETY NET 2012
KEY
D > majority (79%) saw a rise in the number of
ata in the State of the Safety Net 2012 comes A TWO CASE STUDIES HIGHLIGHTED:
from the most recent U.S. Health and Human patients in 2011 Detroit, Michigan The safety net
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Services 2010 Uniform Data System results and a A majority (86%) expect an increase in the
patient community has been growing
Direct Relief original survey. number of patients who lack insurance in 2012 in the city while the overall population
Of the more than 1,000 nonprofit clinics Direct is dwindling and unemployment is
A majority (83%) thought 2012 will be more
Relief works with, 546 from 49 states and D.C. high. The city also closed its Health
challenging than 2011
responded to the Direct Relief survey. Results provide Department Pharmacy and adult
a current snapshot of their clinic environment and 1% increased their hours of operation
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medical services in February 2012,
what they anticipate for 2012. (Note: there are more Chronic conditions continue to rise among
increasing strain on community
than 8,000 nonprofit clinics in all 50 states which patients visiting Federally Qualified Health clinics.
serve a patient population estimated at 21 million). Centers with 10% of all visits being for two
Joplin, Missouri — Following the
Overall, findings indicate that providers face conditions diabetes mellitus and hypertension
—
deadly EF5 tornado that tore through
continued pressure and concern with their ability
2010 was the first year Medicaid patients
the city May 2011, community clinics
to care for an increasing number of patients. The
exceeded uninsured patients in total numbers were key providers to whom storm
survey was distributed earlier in the year and the
and as a percentage of the overall patient survivors turned for care.
results came in the spring, thus all data is before the
population at FQHCs
Affordable Care Act was deemed constitutional.
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