The United States spends some $2.5 trillion on health care each year. That works out to about 15 percent of gross domestic product, considerably higher than any other developed economy, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis.
A growing number of clinics like the Family Van operate in the United States, according to the Mobile Health Clinics Network, which has been tracking clinic numbers for six years and finds more each time it conducts its informal census.
“There is no doubt about it, it’s growing,” said Darien DeLorenzo, executive director of the San Francisco-based group.
The mobile clinics are largely nonprofit and most provide general medical care, though smaller numbers specialize in dentistry or mammography.
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