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School-based health centers (SBHCs) with traditional* offerings are more common in most institutions, although the use of telehealth burgeoned during the pandemic.
Source: “Health technology in school-based health centers: supporting continuous care during COVID-19,” Health Technology journal, 2021
While telehealth services can provide greater access to physicians and nurse practitioners, schools using telehealth exclusively may serve a higher proportion of some groups who lack access to computers or high-speed internet at home.
2016-2017, latest data available
Access to primary-care providers
Student demographics for schools offering SBHCs
Source: “The Use of Telehealth in School-Based Health Centers,” Global Pediatric Health, 2019
*Traditional includes a fixed site on or near a school campus or a van parked on or near a school campus.
Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding