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Telehealth and In-Person Behavioral Health Services in Rural Communities Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Multisite Prospective Cohort Study
Evaluated telehealth and in-person behavioral healthcare encounters in 95 rural communities before and during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency to identify changes in healthcare delivery. Discusses specific diagnoses, type of healthcare service, and clinician type.
Author(s): Marcia M. Ward, Fred Ullrich, Divya Bhagianadh, et al.
Citation: JMIR Mental Health, 10, e47047
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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The Future Pediatric Subspecialty Physician Workforce: Meeting the Needs of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Reports on barriers to increasing the pediatric subspecialist workforce and discusses the impact on research to improve health outcomes for children. Discusses access to care, education of the workforce, reimbursement rates, and more. Highlights rural specific challenges throughout.
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Author(s): Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Approaches for First Responders
Discusses strategies for first responders in connecting people who use drugs to substance use services including training, developing partnerships, and examples of programs across the country. Chapter 4 covers rural-specific challenges.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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2023 Georgia Medical School Graduate Survey Report
Results of a survey designed to inform policymakers, medical school and graduate medical education administrators, and other agencies about the medical school pipeline, using data from Georgia's 5 medical schools. Provides insight on why medical students chose a specialty and residency site and how many intend to practice in Georgia when training is complete. Features statistics on percentages of students who intend to practice in rural and underserved areas.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
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Indiana Dentist Demand Brief
Provides projected dentist workforce change and job openings in Indiana, including county-level estimates.
Author(s): Courtney Medlock, Reno Jamison, Analise Dickinson, Sierra Vaughn, Hannah L. Maxey
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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2022 Indiana Dental Hygienist Workforce Brief
Provides an overview of the 2022 Indiana dental hygienist workforce. Includes data on workforce demographics, workforce and teledentistry trends, practice characteristics, special populations served, and county-level geographic distribution along with dental hygienist-to-population ratios.
Author(s): Courtney Medlock, Reno Jamison, Hannah L. Maxey
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana Dental Hygienist Workforce Demand Brief
Provides projected dental hygienist workforce change and job openings in Indiana, including county-level estimates.
Author(s): Courtney Medlock, Reno Jamison, Analise Dickinson, Sierra Vaughn, Hannah L. Maxey
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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2022 Indiana Dentist Workforce Brief
Provides an overview of the 2022 Indiana dentist workforce. Includes data on workforce demographics, workforce and teledentistry trends, practice characteristics, special populations served, and county-level geographic distribution along with dentist-to-population ratios.
Author(s): Courtney Medlock, Reno Jamison, Hannah L. Maxey
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Rural Communities in the United States Face Persistent Disparities in Access to Orthopaedic Surgical Care
Examines trends in the proportion of orthopedic surgeons practicing in rural areas between 2013 to 2018 using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Compare National Downloadable File (PC-NDF). Identifies the proportion of rural U.S. counties with access to orthopedic surgeons. Describes the characteristics associated with surgeons practicing in a rural setting.
Author(s): Victoria S. Wu, Jenna E. Schmidt, Tarun K. Jella, et al.
Citation: The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, 431(1), 15-21
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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2021 Pennsylvania's Dentist and Dental Hygienist Workforce Survey Report
Presents findings from the 2021 Dentist Survey and 2021 Dental Hygienist Survey, designed to collect information on the characteristics and distribution of the dentist and dental hygienist workforces in Pennsylvania. Features demographics and statistics with breakdowns by urban and rural location.
Date: 2023
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Pennsylvania Department of Health
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