Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce shortage designations
Disrupting Disparities in Pennsylvania: Retooling for Geographic, Racial and Ethnic Growth
White paper examining geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania along key health indicators, based on interviews with key stakeholders, a literature review, and analyses of databases on the health of Pennsylvanians. Includes sections on telehealth, broadband access as a social determinant of health, and challenges of aging in rural areas. Features demographics and statistics on prevalence of chronic diseases and maps showing Pennsylvania rural counties and Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas.
Author(s): Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, Angela Foreshaw-Rouse, Martha C. Coates, et al.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: AARP, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
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White paper examining geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in Pennsylvania along key health indicators, based on interviews with key stakeholders, a literature review, and analyses of databases on the health of Pennsylvanians. Includes sections on telehealth, broadband access as a social determinant of health, and challenges of aging in rural areas. Features demographics and statistics on prevalence of chronic diseases and maps showing Pennsylvania rural counties and Health Professional Shortage Areas and Medically Underserved Areas.
Author(s): Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili, Angela Foreshaw-Rouse, Martha C. Coates, et al.
Date: 2021
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: AARP, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions
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Arizona Medically Underserved Areas 2021
Map identifying the Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Arizona.
Date: 2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Bureau of Health Systems Development
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Map identifying the Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Arizona.
Date: 2021
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Bureau of Health Systems Development
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Informing Health Care Workforce Policy by Leveraging Data: A Toolkit for States
Describes how healthcare workforce data can be used to address questions regarding access to care. Discusses three key considerations for states to improve their healthcare workforce data collection practices. Includes examples from states that utilized data to inform policy.
Date: 11/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association
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Describes how healthcare workforce data can be used to address questions regarding access to care. Discusses three key considerations for states to improve their healthcare workforce data collection practices. Includes examples from states that utilized data to inform policy.
Date: 11/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Governors Association
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Louisiana Primary Care Needs Assessment: Closing the Gap on Healthcare Disparities and Workforce Shortages
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.
Author(s): Hayley Alexander, Barrie Black, Nicole Coarsey, Kimberly Brent
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Well-Ahead Louisiana
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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.
Author(s): Hayley Alexander, Barrie Black, Nicole Coarsey, Kimberly Brent
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Well-Ahead Louisiana
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Using HRSA's Health Workforce Simulation Model to Estimate the Rural and Non-Rural Health Workforce
Describes the status of the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)'s ongoing projection improvements in deriving estimates of workforce supply and demand by rural, suburban, and urban areas. Features an overview of HRSA's Health Workforce Simulation Model and discusses approaches to incorporating rurality into HRSA's health workforce projections. Presents statistics on projections for supply and demand of general surgeons and psychiatrists, and offers a review of key assumptions, current modeling limitations, and future directions.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Bureau of Health Workforce, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Describes the status of the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA)'s ongoing projection improvements in deriving estimates of workforce supply and demand by rural, suburban, and urban areas. Features an overview of HRSA's Health Workforce Simulation Model and discusses approaches to incorporating rurality into HRSA's health workforce projections. Presents statistics on projections for supply and demand of general surgeons and psychiatrists, and offers a review of key assumptions, current modeling limitations, and future directions.
Date: 09/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Bureau of Health Workforce, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Access to Healthcare in Rural Indiana
Provides an overview of healthcare access issues in rural Indiana and potential mitigating strategies. Includes a county-level map of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Author(s): Katherine J. Pope
Date: 08/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Center for Rural Engagement
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Provides an overview of healthcare access issues in rural Indiana and potential mitigating strategies. Includes a county-level map of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Author(s): Katherine J. Pope
Date: 08/2020
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Center for Rural Engagement
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Hawaii Health Professional Shortage Areas
Maps representing Hawaii's Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in the fields of primary care, mental health, and dental health, as well as Federally Designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas and Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas and Populations.
Date: 08/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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Maps representing Hawaii's Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in the fields of primary care, mental health, and dental health, as well as Federally Designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas and Federally Designated Medically Underserved Areas and Populations.
Date: 08/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii State Department of Health
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Indiana Medically Underserved Areas and Populations
Shows Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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Shows Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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Indiana Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas and Populations
Shows Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and populations in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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Shows Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and populations in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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Indiana Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas and Populations
Shows Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and populations in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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Shows Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and populations in Indiana.
Date: 07/2020
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Primary Health Care Association
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