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Identification of Facilities
Included in Profiles
Hospitals
Hospitals were identified
from the Illinois Department of Public Health which licenses all hospitals
in the state. In addition to Chicago-based hospitals, a select group
of 11 suburban hospitals were included because they treat large numbers
of Chicago residents. The percent of City residents treated at suburban
hospitals was determined by looking at the Patient Origin information
included in the Illinois Health Care Cost Containment Council Uniform
Data Set. All hospitals profiled are currently operating.
There are two types
of hospitals that are profiled:
- short-term
general stay hospitals, also known as community hospitals,
and
- specialty
hospitals, such as psychiatric hospitals.
The Veteran’s
Administration system and Chicago Shriners Hospital could not be profiled
due to limited data availability.
Please
note: map locations of suburban hospitals are approximate.
Ambulatory
Care Facilities
Five types of facilities
were identified for the Community Health Profiles:
- Community
Health Centers
Primarily include those facilities designated by the Health
Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Primary
Health Care as Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and FQHC
Look-alikes. Free clinics were identified through staff environmental
scan activities. FQHCs and FQHC Look-alikes were identified through
listings made available through the consultation with the HRSA website,
and validated through consultation with the Illinois Primary Health
Care Association. Additional facility locations were made known to
us through the Chicago Health System Capacity Data Reports submitted
by center providers. The small number of free clinics in Chicago are
also included in this category of provider. Note that one provider
based in Oak Park, but with a large Chicago-based patient population,
is included in the profiles.
- Publicly-Operated
Sites
Community-based primary care sites operated by the Chicago
Department of Public Health or the Cook County Bureau of Health Services.
Both of these entities provided a roster of their facilities for the
purposes of this effort.
- School-Based
Health Centers
Identified through several mechanisms. An initial list of
state-funded school-based health centers was obtained from the Illinois
Department of Human Services. Additional sites were identified through
consultation with the Illinois Coalition for School Health Centers.
Additionally, the HRSA web site listed school-based sites operated
by Federally Qualified Health Centers. Finally, the Cook County Bureau
of Health Services reported the operation of several sites. Three
school-based health centers in addition to serving students are open
to the the community. These facilities are identified in the Health
Care Resources list.
- Hospital-Affiliated
Health Centers
Include those health centers in the community with formal
organizational ties to a particular hospital. These were identified
from collaborative work with Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council,
community partners, and from the web sites of Chicago-based hospitals.
- Practitioners
in Private Practice
Though not included at this time, efforts are currently being made
to obtain information on this group of providers.
Data
Sources | Profile Contents
| Identification of Facilities Included
in the Profiles |
Glossary of Terms/Definitions of Measures
| Challenges | Special
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