Access to Care Access to Care - Capacity Access to care – as measured by the number of residents per provider – in Polk County is much more challenging than i Also , for the national benchmark , there are three and one-half times as many providers per capita than Polk County . A provider maps elsewhere in the Stage 1 report , providers tend to be highly and disproportionately concentrated aroun there are some inpatient and outpatient service providers elsewhere in the County .
Number of Mental Health Providers - Population per Provider
National Benchmark 310
Florida 670
Polk County
1,190
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Measure Polk County Florida Population per Provider 1,190 670
Nation Benchm
Source : FDOH Bureau of Vital Statistics , as shown in the Polk County Community Health Assessment . Available at http :// polk . floridahealth . gov / programs-and-services and-statistics /_ documents / Polk _ CHA2020 . pdf