Facts
Facts
NCHS was incorporated as a private non-profit health care organization in 1973. The mission of North County Health Services is to improve the health status of our diverse communities by providing quality health care that is comprehensive, affordable and culturally sensitive. In 2008, NCHS saw:
60,000 Patients, with an annual total of 260,000 medical and dental patient-visits
29,000 Patients were children & adolescents
46,000 Individuals were served via NCHS’ outreach staff or health educators
11,000 Women & children were served by NCHS’ WIC nutrition program
3,086 Pediatric vision and hearing screenings were performed at licensed childcare centers by NCHS staff
3,349 Children and adults received medical and dental care from the staff of NCHS’ mobile clinic
2,000 Infants were delivered through the prenatal program at Scripps and Palomar hospitals
500 Employees are members of the NCHS staff team working at our health centers, WIC centers, and administrative offices (physicians, and other medical professionals are employees of NCHS)
65 Staff clinicians. In addition to physicians, a team of certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants help provide patient care.
11 Facilities where patients receive medical and dental services, including 10 Health Centers and 1 Mobile Medical Clinic
100% All NCHS physicians are board-certified/eligible.
86% Staff retention rate
50% of the $38.46 million annual budget came from the government insurance plans; 22% came from patient service programs and grants; 14% came from health education and outreach grants; and the remaining 14% came from self pay patients, private insurance and miscellaneous revenues such as interest income and rental income.