Senior Patients

The Physicians’ Care Clinic helps to reduce the number of emergency room visits for non-emergencies. Such visits can lead to overcrowding and delay treatment of patients with real emergencies.

DeKalb County is the second most population-dense in Georgia and ranks 2nd in metro Atlanta for the highest concentration of uninsured.

18% of all Georgians (1.6 million) lack any kind of health coverage, compared with 15% nationally. Georgia is 5th in the nation for its number of uninsured. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one of every three Georgians lacked health insurance during the two years spanning 2007-2008.

Nearly 15% of all households in DeKalb fall below the federal poverty level, but communities local to PCC have poverty rates as high as 20% with an exceptionally large number of uninsured individuals.

The Physicians’ Care Clinic is fortunate to have volunteers from DeKalb Medical, Emory Healthcare, local medical practices, Georgia State School of Nursing, Emory School of Medicine, Mercer School of Pharmacy and local businesses to name a few. Some of our volunteers are retired from the local medical community. Our volunteers provide over 3500 hours of volunteer work annually.

The Clinic pharmacy is stocked with drugs provided by DeKalb Medical. For drugs not on our formulary, patients are referred to local pharmacies that have a $4 prescription program or to a prescription assistance program.

The Georgia Charitable Clinic Network reports that 70% of uninsured patients live in a household where at least one member is employed; 80% have chronic illness.

The Physicians’ Care Clinic (PCC) is the oldest “free clinic” operating in DeKalb County.

The PCC is a member of the Georgia Charitable Clinic Network, National Association of Free Clinics, Georgia Center for Non-Profits and received the GA Hospital Association Community Leadership Award in 2003.

Awards for the DeKalb Medical Society’s volunteer effort have been received from the Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia House of Representatives and the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners.