Quarterly Patient Visits

Alliance continues to increase services to meet growing demand by the uninsured. Thank you for your generous partnership in helping your neighbors in Wake County.

Referrals

  • 33%    Family and friends
  • 29%    WakeMed Hospital
  • 10%    Wake County Human Services
  • 16%    Media
  •   9 %   Churches/Health Fairs

Recent Patient Survey (FGI Research)

  • AMM patients had fewer ER visits
  • AMM patients missed fewer days of work
  • 80% of AMM patients claim their health has improved in the last year
  • 90% of AMM patients are very satisfied or extremely satisfied with their care

Reduction in ER visits

  • 71% of patients surveyed had at least one visit to the local ER in the year prior to becoming a patient at Alliance.
  • 86% of these patients had a reduction in their number of ER visits after establishing their care at Alliance.
  • Overall, there was a 68% reduction in total ER visits in these patients (176 ER visits prior to Alliance and 57 visits after becoming a patient at Alliance).

Demographics

  • 67% of patients are employed.
  • 58% of those patients missed at least one day of work in the year prior to becoming a patient at Alliance.
  • 90% of employed patients experienced a decrease in the total days missed due to illness after establishing their care at Alliance.
  • 68% of patients responded that in the year prior to becoming a patient at Alliance, there were at least 3 times that they did not seek medical care to due concerns about the cost of medical care without insurance.

Patient Care improvements

  • 63% of patients rated their health as markedly improved since becoming a patient at Alliance.
  • 35% of patients rated their health as moderately improved.
  • 100% of patients noted at least minimal improvement.

Diabetes Management

  • Prevalence of diabetes in NC increased from 4.5% of adults in 1995 to 8.1% in 2003
  • Total cost in NC in 2003 for hospitalizations involving any diagnosis of diabetes was greater than $2.7 billion