Ocracoke Health Center — Ocracoke, NC
Ocracoke Health Center is a community health center clinic at 305 Back Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical North Carolina clinic. It is run by Ocracoke Health Center Inc., which serves 3,099 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 305 Back Rd, Ocracoke, NC 27960 · Directions
- Phone: (252) 928-1511
- Website: N/A
- Weekly hours: 40 (North Carolina clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Ocracoke Health Center Inc. (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Ocracoke Health Center Inc.
Patients came to Ocracoke Health Center Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 1,065 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 75 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 60 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 158 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 329 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 47 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 428 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 969 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 148 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 228 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 401 | patients tested |
Ocracoke Health Center Inc. also provides care by telehealth.
Who Ocracoke Health Center Inc. serves
3,099 patients used Ocracoke Health Center Inc. in 2025. 37% live at or below the poverty line and 72% are at or below twice the poverty line. 29 patients were experiencing homelessness and 149 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 37% | 59% | 65% | −22 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 72% | 92% | 92% | −19 pts |
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 15% | 24% | 14% | −9 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 16% | 28% | 42% | −12 pts |
| Medicare patients | 30% | 15% | 11% | +15 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 39% | 25% | 24% | +14 pts |
Quality of care at Ocracoke Health Center Inc.
Ocracoke Health Center Inc. is at or above the North Carolina median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | NC median | U.S. median | vs NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 74% | 70% | 68% | +4 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 53% | 59% | 54% | −5 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 53% | 54% | 54% | −1 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 47% | 49% | 44% | −2 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 70% | 76% | 77% | −6 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 77% | 87% | 86% | −10 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 80% | 80% | 79% | In line |
Staffing at Ocracoke Health Center Inc.
The health center employs 36 full-time-equivalent staff, including 5 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 1 mental health staff. That is 602 patients per clinical provider against the North Carolina median of 807 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 9,905 visits, about 3.2 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 27960
841 Ocracoke Health Center Inc. patients live in ZIP 27960, and 24% of them are uninsured.
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