Planning and sustaining a school-based health center: cost and revenue findings from Oregon.

Objective: Research concerning school-based health center (SBHC) costs and revenues is limited. This article discusses Oregon's SBHC State Program Office methodology and findings regarding costs and revenues for planning and operating Oregon SBHCs.

Methods: A variety of data sources and case studies conducted in five Oregon SBHC systems were used to calculate startup and annual operations costs.