Crescent Community Health Center — Dubuque, IA
Crescent Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 1690 Elm St, Suite 300, Dubuque, IA 52001, open 53 hours a week. That is 13 more hours than the typical Iowa clinic (40 a week). It is run by Crescent Community Health Center, which serves 12,624 patients across 3 clinic locations.
- Address: 1690 Elm St, Suite 300, Dubuque, IA 52001 · Directions
- Phone: (563) 690-2860
- Website: www.crescentchc.org
- Weekly hours: 53 (Iowa clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Crescent Community Health Center (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Crescent Community Health Center
Patients came to Crescent Community Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Dental care | 8,069 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 3,477 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Eye exams | 24 | patients had eye exams |
| Well-child visits | 912 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 1,323 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 416 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 465 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 498 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 843 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 1,492 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 670 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 1,061 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 940 | patients tested |
| Childhood lead tests | 84 | children tested |
Crescent Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Crescent Community Health Center serves
12,624 patients used Crescent Community Health Center in 2025. 62% live at or below the poverty line and 89% are at or below twice the poverty line. 861 patients were experiencing homelessness and 265 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | IA median | U.S. median | vs IA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 62% | 68% | 65% | −6 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 89% | 91% | 92% | −1 pts |
| Measure | This center | IA median | U.S. median | vs IA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 20% | 19% | 14% | +1 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 58% | 49% | 42% | +9 pts |
| Medicare patients | 6% | 8% | 11% | −1 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 16% | 21% | 24% | −5 pts |
Quality of care at Crescent Community Health Center
Crescent Community Health Center is at or above the Iowa median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | IA median | U.S. median | vs IA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 68% | 76% | 68% | −8 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 58% | 56% | 54% | +2 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 65% | 63% | 54% | +2 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 40% | 41% | 44% | −1 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 83% | 81% | 77% | +2 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 96% | 92% | 86% | +4 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 85% | 83% | 79% | +3 pts |
Staffing at Crescent Community Health Center
The health center employs 166 full-time-equivalent staff, including 9 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 39 dental staff and 9 mental health staff. That is 1,418 patients per clinical provider against the Iowa median of 1,413 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 48,689 visits, about 3.9 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 52001
6,886 Crescent Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 52001, and 16% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- Community Health Care, Inc. — 32 patients from 52001
- People's Community Health Clinic, Inc. — 17 patients from 52001
- Eastern Iowa Health Center — 16 patients from 52001