Home
Back to
Medical Center
General
Information
Who
is served by the Center?
Anyone
is able to use the primary care, dental and eye care services.
WIC and YFCS have their own criteria for eligibility.
More than 90% of those receiving primary medical care are on medicaid,
CHIP or other entitlement programs. Persons
claiming inability to pay are screened and must provide appropriate evidence of
need. The number of patient
encounters per year has been steadily increasing.
The first year of stable operations saw some 13,000 PEs.
Last year’s reporting for United Way included some 20,000 PEs.
This year we had some 18,500 PEs for the first three quarters of the UW
reporting year. Some 82% of our
medical patients are on Medicaid.
The
need for the Center.
At
the time the Center opened in March, 1999, the population of the 77541 zip code
area was some 18,000. In that area
there were no practicing MDs, one dentist, one chiropractor and one pharmacy.
On the average, there is one medical doctor for every 450 residents of
the United States. The 77541 zip
code area contains a significant number of economically and educationally
disadvantaged persons, many of whom have no access even to primary health care.
Our surveys show that some 80% of our patients would not have access to
health care without the Center.
The Center was
established through a grant from Episcopal Health Charities.
It has also received funds from Brazoria County, United Way (of which it
is an agency), various churches, the Wright Family Foundation, and private
donations.
Providers
located at the Center:
Adam Alexander, Chiropractic, full-time
Augustine Mabatah, MD - eye care, part-time
James Markette, Psychiatry, part-time
Jesse Tree, principal office for Brazoria
County
Read Out and Read
Richard Hosack, Podiatry, part-time
Third Day, Inc. - primary medical care,
full-time
Venkat Veerisetty, DDS - dental care,
full-time
WIC, full-time
Youth and Family Counseling Services, by
appointment
