Patient Recruitment
Southeastern Medical Research Institute’s staff uses a variety of cost-effective
recruitment strategies including:
Practice and Research database
Physician referrals
Newspaper, radio and TV
Direct patient mailing
Community seminars and lectures
Flyers and brochure distribution
Newsletters
Patient call centers
Chattahoochee Valley Area Demographics
Southeastern Medical Research Institute is located within the heart of the Chattahoochee
Valley area. All of the cities listed below are within an hour and a half driving
distance from our facility. Columbus is located on the Chattahoochee River which
is the Alabama and Georgia state border. It is our advantage that we are able to
serve not only Georgia areas but Alabama as well. Below are the demographics provided
by the U.S. Census Bureau (2000) for the population that we serve.
| County/State |
Population |
Female |
Male |
White |
African American |
Hispanic |
Other |
GEORGIA
Muscogee County 186,291 |
| Columbus |
185,781 |
95,406 |
90,375 |
93,466 |
81,466 |
8,368 |
3843
|
| Ft. Benning |
11,737 |
4,002 |
7,735 |
6,669 |
3,424 |
1,461 |
404
|
| (Fortson and Cataula-No information available) |
Taylor County
8,815
|
| Butler |
1,907 |
1,065 |
842 |
954 |
933 |
22 |
3
|
| Reynolds |
1036 |
571 |
465 |
506 |
524 |
8 |
4
|
Marion County
7,144
|
Buena Vista
|
1,664 |
827 |
837 |
430 |
1,055 |
298 |
14 |
Talbot County
6,498
|
Talbotton
|
1,019 |
581 |
438 |
200 |
793 |
17 |
22 |
| Junction City |
179 |
89 |
90 |
69 |
108 |
1 |
2 |
| Thomaston |
9,411 |
5,304 |
4,107 |
5,905 |
3,322 |
167 |
84
|
Harris County
23,695
|
| Hamilton |
307 |
162 |
145 |
208 |
92 |
1 |
5 |
| Pine Mountain |
1,141 |
651 |
490 |
638 |
471 |
17 |
5 |
| Waverly Hall |
709 |
397 |
312 |
361 |
337 |
4 |
5 |
| Warm Springs |
485 |
298 |
187 |
326 |
154 |
|
|
Sumter County
33,200
|
| Americus |
17,013 |
9,483 |
7,530 |
6,644 |
9,912 |
423 |
187 |
ALABAMA
Barbour County
29,038 |
| Eufaula |
13,908 |
7,475 |
6,433 |
7,967 |
5,621 |
213 |
110
|
| Lee County
115,092 |
| Smiths |
21,756 |
10,963 |
10,793 |
18,448 |
2,756 |
453 |
168 |
| Opelika |
23,498 |
12,525 |
10,973 |
12,932 |
10, 079 |
252 |
517
|
| Auburn |
42,987 |
21,556 |
21,431 |
33,553 |
7,217 |
666 |
1,521 |
| Russell County
49,756 |
| Phenix City |
28,265 |
15,183 |
13,082 |
14,964 |
12,710 |
421 |
220 |
| Hurtsboro |
592 |
306 |
286 |
174 |
416 |
1 |
|
| (Cottonton, Fort Mitchell, Hatchechubbee, Holy Trinity, Pittsview and Seale- No information available) |
| TOTAL |
363,395 |
186,844 |
176,551 |
204,414 |
141,390 |
12,793 |
7,114
|