Louisiana Primary Care Needs Assessment: Closing the Gap on Healthcare Disparities and Workforce Shortages

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Identifies unmet needs and disparities in health outcomes in Louisiana, explores health workforce concerns, and discusses barriers to accessing healthcare. Includes a section on Health Professional Shortage Areas and mentions rural throughout.

Hayley Alexander, Barrie Black, Nicole Coarsey, Kimberly Brent

09/2020

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Well-Ahead Louisiana

Access · Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health disparities · Health workforce education and training · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Hospitals · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Medicaid · Primary care · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Rural Health Clinics · Scholarships for health careers · Statistics and data · Stigma · Louisiana