2007 Facts
Facts
NCHS was founded 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.
58,000 Patients, with an annual total of 246,000 medical and dental patient-visits
29,000 Patients are children & adolescents
17,900 Individuals were served via NCHS’ outreach staff or health educators
11,000 Women & children are served by NCHS’ WIC nutrition program
5,600 Pediatric vision and hearing screenings were performed at licensed childcare centers by NCHS staff
2,386 Children and adults received medical and dental care from the staff of NCHS’ mobile clinic
2,000 Infants are delivered annually 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.
10 Facilities where patients receive medical and dental services, including 9 Health Centers and 1 Mobile Medical Clinic
100% All NCHS physicians are board-certified/eligible.
75% Staff retention rate
11% of the $34 million annual budget comes from the federal government; 62% comes from patient fees; 23% comes from local governments, foundations, corporations, and individual grants and contracts; and the remaining 4% comes from donations, interest income and rental income.