Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce shortage designations
Report to the 2026 Legislature: Annual Report on Findings from the Hawai'i Physician Workforce Assessment Project
Reports on Hawaii physician workforce characteristics and shortages by county and specialty. Summarizes activities to support the physician workforce, including recruitment, rural training, and mentoring programming. Offers data on shortages by specialty and by county, as well as physician supply and demand data.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Centers
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Reports on Hawaii physician workforce characteristics and shortages by county and specialty. Summarizes activities to support the physician workforce, including recruitment, rural training, and mentoring programming. Offers data on shortages by specialty and by county, as well as physician supply and demand data.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Hawaii and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Centers
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State of the Behavioral Health Workforce, 2025
Offers demographic and occupational data on the behavioral health workforce including current and projected shortages. Data sources range from 2022 through 2024. Offers comparisons of shortages between rural and urban counties. Discusses challenges driving workforce shortages.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Offers demographic and occupational data on the behavioral health workforce including current and projected shortages. Data sources range from 2022 through 2024. Offers comparisons of shortages between rural and urban counties. Discusses challenges driving workforce shortages.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Health Resources and Services Administration, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
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Policy Brief: Access to Mental Health Care for Ohio Children and Youth
Discusses mental healthcare access challenges for youth in Ohio. Provides county-level map showing Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and discusses access issues specific to rural areas.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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Discusses mental healthcare access challenges for youth in Ohio. Provides county-level map showing Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and discusses access issues specific to rural areas.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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The State of Rural Primary Care in the United States
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
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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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
Sponsoring organization: Commonwealth Fund
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South Carolina Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
County-level map showing Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas in South Carolina.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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County-level map showing Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas in South Carolina.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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South Carolina Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
County-level map showing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas in South Carolina.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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County-level map showing Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas in South Carolina.
Date: 10/2025
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Department of Public Health
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Maternal Health in Utah: Risk Factors, Workforce Gaps, and Access to Care
Describes the state of maternal healthcare in Utah including outcomes, mortality, risk factors, health status, access to hospitals, and workforce shortages. Offers county-level data and discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Melanie Beagley
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Describes the state of maternal healthcare in Utah including outcomes, mortality, risk factors, health status, access to hospitals, and workforce shortages. Offers county-level data and discusses rural throughout.
Author(s): Melanie Beagley
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organizations: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
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Graduate Medical Education (GME) in Arizona Policy Brief, 2025
Provides data on the shortage of resident (GME) physicians in Arizona and discusses policies and funding to improve rural and underserved primary care GME. Includes a map of Primary Care Shortage Areas (HPSAs) at the county level.
Author(s): D. Derksen, B. Koch, A. Garn, L. Barraza, L. Erdelyi
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Provides data on the shortage of resident (GME) physicians in Arizona and discusses policies and funding to improve rural and underserved primary care GME. Includes a map of Primary Care Shortage Areas (HPSAs) at the county level.
Author(s): D. Derksen, B. Koch, A. Garn, L. Barraza, L. Erdelyi
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Oregon Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas
Shows a county-level map of Oregon map identifying Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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Shows a county-level map of Oregon map identifying Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Date: 09/2025
Sponsoring organization: Oregon Office of Rural Health
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2025 Indiana State Rural Health Report
Examines the state of rural health in Indiana and provides data on the health of rural citizens. Focuses on access, healthcare workforce shortages, health insurance, healthcare facilities availability, mobile health, telehealth services, maternal and infant health, mental health, substance use, and rural health finances and funding.
Author(s): Amnah Anwar, Kasia Hamman, Anureet Sandhu, et al.
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Rural Health Association
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Examines the state of rural health in Indiana and provides data on the health of rural citizens. Focuses on access, healthcare workforce shortages, health insurance, healthcare facilities availability, mobile health, telehealth services, maternal and infant health, mental health, substance use, and rural health finances and funding.
Author(s): Amnah Anwar, Kasia Hamman, Anureet Sandhu, et al.
Date: 08/2025
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Rural Health Association
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