Increasing access to health care and helping the community make proactive choices leads to better long-term health, cost savings and less of a strain on the health system.
Since 2022, LION Mobile Clinic has attended multiple events across central Pennsylvania including – Snow Shoe, Phillipsburg, State College, Bellefonte, Howard and Centre Hall.
See highlights of how the clinic has made an impact below.
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Community Impact
Mobile Clinic Visitors
- 440 visits
Average Costs
- $184 per visit
- 226
influenza immunizations - 150
COVID-19 vaccinations
- 97
Emergency Department visits avoided - 21
quality adjusted life years saved
- $41:$1
return on investment - $1,531,697
dollars returned
Educational Impact
- Masters of Public Health internships: Two
- Health Equities Clerkship: Clinical site for 23 students
Penn State College of Business
- Management 453 class project: 80 students
Volunteers
- Alpha Epsilon Delta, PSAMA: 16 students; 80 service hours