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Provision of Evaluation and Management Visits by Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the USA from 2013 to 2019: Cross-sectional Time Series Study
Evaluated healthcare visits of Medicare patients between 2013 and 2019 to determine trends in proportion of visits by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant versus a physician. Includes analyses of clinical setting, diagnosis, and various patient characteristics including rurality. Discusses workforce shortage impacts on the findings.
Author(s): Sadiq Y. Patel, David Auerbach, Haiden A. Huskamp, et al.
Citation: BMJ, 382, e073933
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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Disparities in Spatial Accessibility of Primary Care in Louisiana: From Physical to Virtual Accessibility
Evaluates both physical and virtual accessibility to primary care physicians (PCPs) across Louisiana. Analyzes disparities in access between rural and urban areas, the Black population and the general population, and for Area Deprivation Index (ADI) areas.
Author(s): Fahui Wang, Yutian Zeng, Lingbo Liu, Tracy Onega
Citation: Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1154574
Date: 2023
Type: Document
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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.
Additional links: Read Online
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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Utah's Loan Repayment Awards Map
Map details the distribution of Utah's state loan repayment program funding. Highlights the funding issued via the Healthcare Workforce, Rural Physician Loan Repayment, and Behavioral Health Workforce programs for the previous year.
Date: 2023
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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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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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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