To date, hospitals have been slow to establish neighborhood clinics, and the state has provided little start-up money.
For immigrant communities in particular, neighborhood clinics address a number of barriers to health care.
Free health care is available at church-run neighborhood clinics.
The corporation also has 20 neighborhood clinics affiliated with various hospitals.
Primary care can involve anything from the family practitioner to neighborhood clinics and group medical practices.
They work in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, doctor's offices, nursing homes, and neighborhood clinics.
Many hospitals and neighborhood clinics here say that the well-heeled are now joining the poor in seeking their care.
As it is, she spends four hours waiting to see a doctor at a neighborhood clinic when her daughter has an ear infection or stomachache.
The poor typically seek care expensively in hospital emergency rooms and neighborhood clinics.
Advanced skills and treatments less dependent on special training or equipment are making their way into neighborhood clinics.