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Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc.

Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Ava, MO, with 8 clinic locations in 7 cities. It served 14,975 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

14,975patients in 2025
18%uninsured patients
12%at or below the poverty line

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc. serves

12% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 75% are at or below twice that level. 18% have no insurance, 48% have Medicaid or CHIP, 5% have Medicare and 29% have private insurance. 445 patients were experiencing homelessness. 339 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Patients at or below the poverty line	12%	61%	65%	−49 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	75%	92%	92%	−18 pts

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Uninsured patients	18%	14%	14%	+5 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	48%	48%	42%	In line
Medicare patients	5%	9%	11%	−4 pts
Privately insured patients	29%	26%	24%	+3 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	4,148	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	2,739	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	25	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	818	children had checkups
Flu shots	478	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	143	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	254	patients screened
Family planning	297	patients served
Diabetes care	968	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,156	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	322	patients with asthma
Hepatitis C testing	18	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	269	children tested

Quality of care

Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc. is at or above the Missouri median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Adults with high blood pressure under control	66%	69%	68%	−4 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	42%	45%	54%	−4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	37%	49%	54%	−12 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	40%	40%	44%	In line
Patients 12+ screened for depression	83%	85%	77%	−2 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	85%	86%	+6 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	67%	79%	79%	−12 pts

Where Douglas County Public Health Services Group, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
65608	3,425	20%
65711	1,688	18%
65704	1,620	20%
65689	1,139	15%
65483	828	12%
65655	777	16%
65667	713	19%
65746	551	25%