Sacred Heart Medical Center is a full service hospital just a few blocks away from campus. For emergency and urgent care, and for medical needs during periods when the Student Health Center is closed, it is the closest option. Also, in contrast to the health center, it will bill insurance companies directly. Although it will move to a new location during August 2008, urgent care and emergency services, as well as myriad other programs and services, will remain at the location on Hilyard.
The Student Health Center offers medical and dental services to students at inexpensive rates. The standard charge for an appointment with a dentist, physician or nurse practitioner is $8, but some services can cost more. For reproductive health services, many students qualify for FPEP, the Family Planning Expansion Project, a federal program that provides free annual reproductive health exams and birth control to men and women. In addition to general medical care, the health center also offers a nutritionist, a travel clinic and physical therapy. Although care at the health center is usually inexpensive, students should be advised that the health center will not directly bill health insurance, so students must get reimbursed by their insurance providers on their own. For more information about the health center, visit www.uoregon.edu/~uoshc/
White Bird Clinic is a non-profit clinic that offers medical and dental services for people with low incomes on a walk-in and appointment basis. The clinic also offers counseling, and drug treatment services. Cost of treatment varies along a sliding scale and is proportional to a patient’s income.
Like the Student Health Center, Planned Parenthood offers free birth control and reproductive health services free of charge through FPEP. For those who do not qualify for FPEP, pregnancy tests are still free. Services provided include testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, the HPV vaccine, birth control and annual reproductive health exams. Planned Parenthood also offers Plan B, which women over 18 can get without a prescription.