Seven Major Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Centers at a Glance

November 2005

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  Callen-Lorde Community Health Center L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Howard Brown Health Center Montrose Clinic Chase-Brexton Health Services Fenway Community Health Whitman Walker Clinic Selected Totals
Geographic Area Served Greater New York City area Los Angeles metro area Chicago and suburbs Greater Houston area Metropolitan Baltimore and Maryland's Eastern Shore Boston area Washington, D.C., area  
Number of Locations 1 1 3 2 5 2 3  
Year Founded (or Predecessor Founded) 1971 1971 1974 1981 1978 1971 1973  
Number of Active Primary Care Patients 12,000 1,800 6,000 1,800 6,000 10,000 2,400 40,000
Annual Number of Patient Encounters 48,000 15,000 30,000 11,000 50,000 55,000 11,500 220,500
Percentage of Patients Who Identify as LGBT 70% 96% 85% 50% 35% 50% 52% 60%
Percentage of Patients Who Are HIV+ 12.5% 100% 22% 66% 25% 11% 95% 25%
Number of HIV+ Patients Each Year Who Receive Outpatient Medical Services 1,500 1,800 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,100 2,400 10,500
People Each Year Receiving In-Person HIV Prevention and Testing Services 4,500 10,000-12,000 7,700 7,700 1,300 1,600 to 4,000 per service 5,700 40,900
Additional Services for People With HIV case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, dentistry, treatment adherence counseling case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, advocacy, referrals, pharmacy case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, treatment adherence counseling, substance abuse treatment, transportation, massage, acupuncture case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, vision care, dermatology, physical therapy, acupuncture, wellness program case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, dentistry, substance abuse treatment, pharmacy case management, mental health, nutritional counseling, adherence support, pharmacy, substance abuse treatment, harm reduction support, complementary therapies case management, mental health, food bank, dentistry, legal services, adherence services, pharmacy, substance abuse treatment, day treatment  
Number of People With HIV Each Year Who Use the Additional Services (may overlap with primary care patients) 2,000 100 to 600 per service 50 to 400 per service 300 to 800 per service 250 1,100 100 to 1,000 per service,
2,500 use adherence services
 
Number of Medical Staff 13 5 17 18 14 33 45 145
Number of M.D.s 7 4 5 8 13 13 6 56
Annual Budget $10 million no separate health budget $14 million $5.2 million $30 million $18.5 million $28 million $106 million (plus L.A. Center)
Amount of Budget Paid by Ryan White Funds $1.326 million $16.95 million (includes $12.5 million ADAP) $1.666 million $2.8 million $3.575 million $0.8 million $6.1 million $33 million
Amount of Budget Paid by Other Federal Funds $0.405 million $0.411 million $0.46 million $1.2 million $1.4 million $2.5 million $6.1 million $12.5 million
Medical Research Currently Conducted 1 coping intervention for HIV

1 HIV-related behavioral study
12 HIV-related clinical studies

4 behavioral studies
11 HIV / 2 non-HIV clinical studies

5 HIV-related behavioral studies
HIV-related clinical studies

HIV-related behavioral studies
12 HIV clinical studies

1 behavioral study
30 HIV / 3 non-HIV clinical studies

19 HIV / 7 non-HIV behavioral and other studies
16 HIV / 1 non-HIV clinical studies more than 80 HIV clinical studies

more than 30 HIV behavioral studies
University Affiliation or Research Collaboration Yale University USC, UCLA, Western and Drew Universities Universities of Illinois and of Minnesota Baylor Medical School and University of Texas no current relationship Harvard, Brown and Boston Universities no current relationship  
How Medical Research Is Funded none is received pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, academia pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, academia pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, academia pharmaceutical companies, government agencies pharmaceutical companies, government agencies pharmaceutical companies  


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