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is <br />Licensed practical nurses are the only health profession for which Orcoerri has ty 15.4 <br />underrepresented when compared to its peer counties and the state: orange <br />for the county Hillsborough, <br />licensed practical nurses pet' 10,000 compared to 15.4 and 19.8 for peer countieounty and the town Of <br />and the state, <br />respectively. This may represent an occupational gap <br />Opportunities for area <br />or high - demand profession that could represent potential employment desirable <br />residents. Further research could determine that and what tile d to outblook foxttl el ooeupat orn is. ratio is considere <br />of licensed practical nurses to general pop <br />Models for Health Care Delivery <br />Community Health Centers <br />SA as community- based, patient- <br />Services' Health Centers (CRCs) are recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and f uman <br />o ulations and communities with limited <br />Services' Health Services and Resource Administration (HR HCs are <br />directed organizations with a specific mission to serve p p the following <br />p g the HRSA as meeting <br />access to health care. CHCs, also ]atown as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQ > <br />private or public tax-exempt or anizations recognized by <br />requirements: <br />Location in, or service of, a high -need community, <br />HRSA designated as a Medically Underserved <br />Area or Population (MUAs and MUPs) Y <br />Eligibility for funding under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. <br />Canplianee with performance and accountability measures res deli rep esentatives; <br />Governance by a board of directors made up of p PP <br />and enabling, or supportive, services <br />Provision of comprehensive health services, <br />(including transportation, translation and education); and <br />A fee structure based on the patients' ability to pay; ears and is <br />tile This model of health care delivery has <br />low-cost t workse<viee der] very tosMedfca Medicare <br />and <br />generally recognized as providing white the <br />uninsured patients. For example, the average cost $ f an emergency iding a comprehensive set 0of medical <br />cost of treating one CHC patient for a year is $392. BY P <br />and dental services— including pventative, primary, diagnostic and emergen <br />P" cy services —CHCs <br />i <br />reduce the burden placed on the public health system by uninsured residents utilizing emergency <br />h their support service functions, CHCs <br />patients enroll in Medicaid and other public <br />rooms for primary care services. Furthermore, t roug <br />expand access to insurance by <br />helping eligible p <br />$ <br />North Carolina Com mun it), IIealth Center Association. 2009, FQHC Economic Pact Sheet. Retrieved on <br />No <br />November 29, 2009 from hnP: /Avrrnv ncchca.org/238733.ihtml. <br />29 <br />