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Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc.

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Columbia, SC, with 13 clinic locations in 8 cities. It served 45,117 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

45,117patients in 2025
28%uninsured patients
80%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 Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. serves

80% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 96% are at or below twice that level. 28% have no insurance, 38% have Medicaid or CHIP, 12% have Medicare and 22% have private insurance. 1,156 patients were experiencing homelessness. 890 were veterans.

Measure	This center	SC median	U.S. median	vs SC
Patients at or below the poverty line	80%	66%	65%	+13 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	96%	93%	92%	+3 pts

Measure	This center	SC median	U.S. median	vs SC
Uninsured patients	28%	27%	14%	+1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	38%	27%	42%	+12 pts
Medicare patients	12%	18%	11%	−7 pts
Privately insured patients	22%	26%	24%	−4 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,370	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	5,591	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	21	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	9,946	children had checkups
Flu shots	6,391	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	2,548	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	2,468	patients screened
Family planning	2,440	patients served
Diabetes care	5,370	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	10,324	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	2,016	patients with asthma
HIV testing	6,398	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	4,685	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	2,022	children tested

Quality of care

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. is at or above the South Carolina median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	SC median	U.S. median	vs SC
Adults with high blood pressure under control	69%	68%	68%	+1 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	52%	59%	54%	−7 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	61%	59%	54%	+2 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	47%	48%	44%	In line
Patients 12+ screened for depression	86%	82%	77%	+4 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	88%	86%	+3 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	87%	85%	79%	+2 pts

Where Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
29203	4,860	22%
29223	3,725	40%
29053	2,735	42%
29209	2,315	23%
29169	2,213	43%
29210	2,086	24%
29108	1,946	25%
29073	1,816	38%