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The Doctor is … Out: Shortages of Health Professionals in Rural Areas

Description
Reports on healthcare professional shortages in 16 rural New York counties, including rural and county-level data on primary care, dental health, mental health, and maternity care providers. Discusses rural barriers to healthcare access and highlights approaches to strengthen the rural health workforce in New York.
Author(s)
Andrea Miller, Maria Doulis, Matthew Golden, Joshua Simons
Date
08/2025
Organization
Office of the New York State Comptroller
Tagged as
Access · Behavioral health workforce · County-by-county data · Dental workforce · Health occupations · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Mental health · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Oral health · Physician assistants · Physicians · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · New York