Why Support Family Health Centers of San Diego?
The answer to this question is found in four "C's": Compassion, Care, Cost, and Community.
Compassion
What would you do if your child was sick with a high fever for two days, but you didn't have enough money to go to the doctor?
What would you do if your tooth ached so bad you could hardly open your mouth, but you didn't have dental insurance?
What would you do if you found a lump in your breast, but you didn't have health insurance?
You would be welcomed and cared for at Family Health Centers of San Diego.
At Family Health Centers of San Diego, our mission and our passion is to make sure that everyone in our community is able to get the healthcare services they need, regardless of a person's income or whether they have insurance. Our dedicated staff work with patients as individuals, identifying their unique healthcare needs and helping them and their family navigate what can be a complicated and intimidating healthcare system. By supporting Family Health Centers of San Diego, you are showing your compassion for children and families in need of medical care who would otherwise have no place else to turn.
Care
Family Health Centers of San Diego provides comprehensive and high quality medical care. Our organization offers one of the most extensive array of services for uninsured and medically underserved persons in the country. In fact, how many people with private insurance have a primary care provider that offers medical and dental care, counseling services, chiropractic care, vision exams and glasses, and pharmacy? Every one of our programs and services was developed in direct response to community needs. We listen when our patients ask for new services and programs, and then work hard to make sure there are no holes in our healthcare safety net.
You can also be confident that only the highest quality medical care is provided at Family Health Centers of San Diego. We choose to be voluntarily accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The Joint Commission is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting high performance standards. By supporting Family Health Centers of San Diego, you are making sure that uninsured and undeserved San Diegans have a place to get high quality medical care for all of their primary care needs.
Cost
Investment in community health centers like Family Health Centers of San Diego leads to reductions in national healthcare spending. A recent study by the National Association of Community Health Centers found that health centers provide comprehensive health care for about $1.30 a day per patient served and medical care at health centers is around $250 less than the average annual expenditure for an office-based medical provider. In fact, if all of the patients who go to San Diego emergency rooms for non-urgent care went to community health centers instead, we would save over $37 million a year! By supporting Family Health Centers of San Diego, you are saving our healthcare system millions of dollars in unnecessary emergency room costs and expensive treatments for preventable healthcare conditions.
Community
Here in San Diego, our community is intricately connected. We are only as strong as our weakest members. Think about it. When one child at school has the measles, every child at the school who isn't vaccinated is at risk of getting the measles. When one restaurant worker has tuberculosis, other employees and customers are at risk for catching tuberculosis. Whether you are a family member, neighbor, employer, teacher, small business owner, or tourist, you will be healthier if you are surrounded by healthy people. By supporting Family Health Centers of San Diego, you are making sure that the one out of five San Diegans without health insurance has a place to go for medical care, which in turn keeps your family and our community healthy and strong.
