Methodology: Federally Qualified Health Center versus Planned Parenthood Locations, 2025

Data were obtained from the publicly available Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) federal agency file of Health Center Service Delivery and Look-Alike Sites, downloaded in January 2025 from https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download?hmpgtitle=hmpg-hrsa-data. To produce an estimate of the number of Federally Qualified Health Center service sites that provide women’s health services, we first reviewed all FQHC locations and identified those that provide health services to the general public. Non-healthcare sites (such as administrative locations) and sites that are not the general public (such as school-based sites or sites located within shelters or other residential buildings) were removed. Sites that no longer appeared to be open were also removed. When multiple sites were at the same address, or close to the same address, only one site was counted.

We then reviewed the main grantee website for each location to determine whether it provided women’s health. Sites offering OB/GYN, gynecology, prenatal and/or postpartum care, well woman care, women’s health, family planning, mammography, or other related services were included. If an FQHC listed the services available at each individual site, only sites explicitly offering women’s health were included; if an FQHC advertised women’s health but did not list the services available at each individual site, all locations were included unless it appeared that they were not a women’s health provider (e.g., dentists or pediatricians). Grantees not offering women’s health were excluded.

This analysis is an estimate of the number of FQHC locations providing women’s health services based on a review of HRSA data and FQHC grantee websites; it does not guarantee the services available at any specific FQHC site. Websites may not always accurately reflect the services available. This analysis may overestimate the number of women’s health locations by counting some sites that do not provide women’s health. Alternatively, it may underestimate the number of women’s health locations by excluding sites that do not advertise women’s health on their websites. Further refinement of this analysis by relevant federal agencies or Health Center grant awardees, for example, is welcomed.

Planned Parenthood locations were obtained from plannedparenthood.org in February and March 2025. When multiple Planned Parenthood centers were at the same address, only one site was counted.