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Designating Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Populations/Medically Underserved Areas: A Primer on Basic Issues to Resolve

Description
Includes discussion for interested parties considering issues related to the designation of Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs). Describes key issues on how the designations establish eligibility for programs important to rural healthcare delivery.
Author(s)
Andrew F. Coburn, Jennifer P. Lundblad, A. Clinton MacKinney, Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date
08/2010
Type
Document
Organization
Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel
Tagged as
Health workforce shortage designations ยท Policy

Organizations (1)

  • Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel, view details