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Maricopa County Special Health Care District

Maricopa County Special Health Care District is a federally qualified community health center based in Phoenix, AZ, with 11 clinic locations in 6 cities. It served 94,180 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

94,180patients in 2025
33%uninsured patients
59%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 Maricopa County Special Health Care District serves

59% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 88% are at or below twice that level. 33% have no insurance, 38% have Medicaid or CHIP, 8% have Medicare and 21% have private insurance. 143 patients were experiencing homelessness. 667 were veterans.

Measure	This center	AZ median	U.S. median	vs AZ
Patients at or below the poverty line	59%	62%	65%	−3 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	88%	87%	92%	+1 pts

Measure	This center	AZ median	U.S. median	vs AZ
Uninsured patients	33%	15%	14%	+18 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	38%	38%	42%	In line
Medicare patients	8%	14%	11%	−6 pts
Privately insured patients	21%	29%	24%	−7 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	6,112	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	15,258	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	279	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	13,698	children had checkups
Flu shots	15,722	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	9,651	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	10,019	patients screened
Family planning	4,905	patients served
Diabetes care	14,776	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	20,083	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	3,724	patients with asthma
HIV testing	15,349	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	17,297	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	2,963	children tested

Quality of care

Maricopa County Special Health Care District is at or above the Arizona median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	AZ median	U.S. median	vs AZ
Adults with high blood pressure under control	65%	65%	68%	In line
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	63%	57%	54%	+6 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	58%	48%	54%	+10 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	47%	44%	44%	+3 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	83%	73%	77%	+9 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	86%	86%	86%	In line
High-risk adults on statin therapy	78%	71%	79%	+7 pts

Where Maricopa County Special Health Care District patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
85041	4,903	30%
85008	4,891	31%
85009	4,106	42%
85301	3,132	40%
85035	3,113	39%
85225	3,058	29%
85033	2,874	45%
85040	2,862	33%