The State of Rural Primary Care in the United States
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Description
Provides information, statistics, interactive maps, example programs, and policy suggestions regarding the rural primary care workforce supply in the United States. Provides data on projections for adequate supply as well as county-level maps on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), National Health Service Corps (NHSC) clinicians, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). Includes rural versus nonrural respondent survey data related to primary care access, use, availability, and delivery.
Author(s)
Celli Horstman, Arnav Shah
Date
11/2025
Organization
Commonwealth Fund
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· County-by-county data
· Federally Qualified Health Centers
· Health workforce shortage designations
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
· Physicians
· Policy
· Primary care
· Rural Health Clinics
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data