HPU Poll Finds Most North Carolinians Think Mobile Clinics Should Be Available in Rural and Underserved Areas

HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 8, 2025 – The most recent poll by High Point University’s Survey Research Center finds that North Carolinians generally support and trust mobile medical care.

Most North Carolinian respondents agreed (41%) or strongly agreed (30%) that mobile medical clinics should be more widely implemented across rural and underserved areas in North Carolina. Many respondents (70%) also said they believe mobile medical clinics can positively impact overall population health in the state, with 45% agreeing and 25% strongly agreeing on the poll.

Sixty-seven percent of participants said they would be willing to use a mobile clinic if they needed medical care and one was available.

“The response demonstrates both the need for expanded mobile medical clinic access and the broad acceptance of mobile health services across socioeconomic groups,” said Dr. Lorrie R. Davis-Dick, assistant professor of community and mental health nursing in HPU’s Teresa B. Caine School of Nursing. “These findings highlight the growing public readiness to utilize mobile health care models as a meaningful avenue for improving access and reducing barriers to care.”

About two-thirds (65%) of North Carolinians agreed (41%) or strongly agreed (24%) that mobile medical clinics are an important resource for improving access to health care in North Carolina.

Many mobile medical clinics are staffed by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses. North Carolinians largely (66%) agreed and strongly agreed that they trust the quality of care provided by staffers in a mobile medical unit.

North Carolina Residents – Mobile Medical Views (November 2025)

Please indicate your level of disagreement/agreement with each statement (All items were presented to respondents)

Mobile medical clinics should be more widely implemented across rural and underserved areas in North Carolina.

Strongly Agree – 30%

Agree – 41%

Neutral – 23%

Disagree – 3%

Strongly Disagree – 4%

I believe mobile medical clinics can positively impact overall population health in North Carolina.

Strongly Agree – 25%

Agree – 45%

Neutral – 23%

Disagree – 3%

Strongly Disagree – 4%

Mobile medical clinics are an important resource for improving access to healthcare in North Carolina.

Strongly Agree – 24%

Agree – 41%

Neutral – 26%

Disagree – 4%

Strongly Disagree – 5%

I would trust the quality of care provided in a mobile medical unit staffed by nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses.

Strongly Agree – 22%

Agree – 44%

Neutral – 26%

Disagree – 4%

Strongly Disagree – 4%

If I needed medical care and a mobile clinic was available, I would be willing to use it.

Strongly Agree – 21%

Agree – 46%

Neutral – 21%

Disagree – 6%

Strongly Disagree – 5%

Methodology:

HPU Poll 115 was fielded by the High Point University Survey Research Center on Nov. 11  through Nov. 17 as an online survey using a panel of North Carolina respondents recruited and maintained by Dynata.

For this poll, Dynata sent invitations to its panel of North Carolina respondents  and the SRC collected the responses on its Qualtrics platform (n = 1001). The SRC did all data analysis. The online samples are from panels of respondents, and their participation does not adhere to usual assumptions associated with random selection. Therefore, it is not appropriate to assign a classic margin of sampling error for the results of HPU Poll 115. In this case for HPU Poll 115, the SRC provides a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points to account for a traditional 95% confidence interval for the estimates (plus or minus 3.1 percentage points) and a design effect of 1.04 (based on the weighting). The data is weighted toward population estimates for age, gender, race, and ethnicity based on U.S. Census numbers for North Carolina. Factors such as question wording and other methodological choices in conducting survey research can introduce additional errors into the findings of opinion polls. Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.

Further results and methodological details from the most recent survey and past surveys can be found at the Survey Research Center website. Materials online include past press releases as well as memos summarizing the findings (including approval ratings) for each poll since 2010.

The HPU Poll reports methodological details in accordance with the standards set out by AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, and the HPU Survey Research Center is a charter member of the initiative.

Dr. Martin Kifer, chair and professor of political science, serves as the director of the HPU Poll.

Dr. J.R. Moller serves as the staff director of the HPU Poll for the Survey Research Center.