Community Health Center Patients, Financing, and Services

(Authors: Akash Pillai, Jennifer Tolbert, and Clea Bell for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 4, 2026)

Community health centers are a national network of nearly 1,400 safety-net primary care providers that served more than 32 million patients in 2024. They are located in medically underserved urban and rural communities and provide comprehensive primary care services to patients regardless of their ability to pay, providing a range of medical, behavioral, and supportive services. This brief reports on health center patients, services, and financing in 2024 and analyzes changes over time using national data from the Uniform Data System (UDS), to which all health centers are required to report annually, though variation exists across states. An upcoming brief will focus on health center patients, services, and financing specifically among rural health centers. Continue reading here…

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