Ryan Annual Report 2007-2008 - The William F. Ryan Community ...

WHO WE SERVEThe Ryan Network service area is characterized by ethnic, cultural, and racialdiversity and includes some of the poorest neighborhoods in New York—Upper Manhattan, Chelsea-Clinton and theLower East Side of Manhattan.Ryan’s neighborhoods are home to largenumbers of Latino, African American,Caribbean, and East African people ofcolor. In addition, countless numbersof newly arrived immigrants from theDominican Republic, Mexico, Haiti, China,ESoutheast Asia, the Caribbean, Africa, and Central and South America, many ofwhom are undocumented, also utilize the Network’s services.Most of Ryan’s patients are among the most disadvantaged members ofthe surrounding communities. Almost 90 percent of the patients fall below200 percent of the federally defined poverty level and 35 percent are uninsured.At a time when rapidly increasing unemployment has led to massive loss ofinsurance coverage, Ryan becomes a lifeline. Patient Patrick Fanelli, wholost his health insurance as a result of a corporate merger, considers “Ryana blueprint for healthcare in America, because anyone can walk through thedoor and get the care they deserve.”PATIENTSVISITS20,00015,00010,0005,0000MALE0-195,953PATIENT AGE & GENDER2008FEMALE0-196,678MALE20+11,450FEMALE20+ TOTAL17,997 42,07845,00040,00035,00030,00025,00020,00015,00010,0005,000034,592 42,0782005 2008220,000200,000180,000160,000140,000120,000100,00080,00060,00040,00020,00002213,342 219,7502005 2008WHITE19%AFRICAN-AMERICAN22%ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF RYAN’S PATIENTS2008ASIAN3%OTHER7%LATINO49%IUNINSURED34.6%PRIVATE7.1%INSURANCE COVERAGE2008OTHER PUBLIC1.9%MEDICAID45.4%MEDICARE11%