Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Health workforce supply and demand
Addressing Mental Health Workforce Needs in Underserved Rural Areas: Accomplishments and Challenges
Reviews efforts to address mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas. Includes a history of federal efforts to address rural mental health workforce needs. Discusses Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) designations.
Author(s): Donna C. Bird, Patricia Dempsey, David Hartley
Date: 10/2001
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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Reviews efforts to address mental health workforce needs in underserved rural areas. Includes a history of federal efforts to address rural mental health workforce needs. Discusses Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (MHPSA) designations.
Author(s): Donna C. Bird, Patricia Dempsey, David Hartley
Date: 10/2001
Sponsoring organization: Maine Rural Health Research Center
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If Fewer International Medical Graduates are Allowed in the U.S., Who Might Replace Them in Rural Underserved Areas?
Describes a study based on 1991 and 1996 data that identified rural communities that would be most affected by a decrease in availability of international medical graduates (IMGs) and perceptions of recruiters on who might replace IMGs in these areas.
Author(s): Leonard D. Baer, Thomas R. Konrad, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 05/2001
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Describes a study based on 1991 and 1996 data that identified rural communities that would be most affected by a decrease in availability of international medical graduates (IMGs) and perceptions of recruiters on who might replace IMGs in these areas.
Author(s): Leonard D. Baer, Thomas R. Konrad, Rebecca T. Slifkin
Date: 05/2001
Sponsoring organization: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Update on the Physician Workforce
Compendium of three policy papers on the physician workforce, two of which address rural issues. The first paper provides data on the supply and distribution of physicians, including rural-specific national data, with state-by-state data in Appendix B. The second paper focuses on the rural family physician workforce, with supply projections through 2020.
Date: 08/2000
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Compendium of three policy papers on the physician workforce, two of which address rural issues. The first paper provides data on the supply and distribution of physicians, including rural-specific national data, with state-by-state data in Appendix B. The second paper focuses on the rural family physician workforce, with supply projections through 2020.
Date: 08/2000
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Physician Distribution and Health Care Challenges in Rural and Inner-City Areas
In-depth review of the geographic maldistribution of physicians. Discusses issues that impact rural physician supply. Includes policy recommendations to improve the geographic distribution of physicians and address rural physician shortages.
Date: 02/1998
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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In-depth review of the geographic maldistribution of physicians. Discusses issues that impact rural physician supply. Includes policy recommendations to improve the geographic distribution of physicians and address rural physician shortages.
Date: 02/1998
Sponsoring organization: Council on Graduate Medical Education
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Rural Data Analysis Dashboard: A Comparative Analysis of Health Data for the New England Region
Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Highlights areas in which health and health-related statistics in rural areas of New England differ from those in nonrural areas. Organizes county-level data into rural tiers, allowing users to make rural comparisons between similarly classified areas across the region. Presents data elements in an interactive interface, using both a map/chart display and a tabular summary.
Sponsoring organization: New England Rural Health Association
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Arizona Center for Rural Health (AzCRH) Program and Policy Summaries
Provides summaries and fact sheets on the Arizona Center for Rural Health's initiatives and policies addressing rural health needs in the state, including the Arizona State Office of Rural Health, Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex), Arizona Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), Rural Health Professions Program, and other programs and technical assistance opportunities related to health workforce data, overdose prevention and response, rural maternity care, and graduate medical education.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Provides summaries and fact sheets on the Arizona Center for Rural Health's initiatives and policies addressing rural health needs in the state, including the Arizona State Office of Rural Health, Arizona Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (AzFlex), Arizona Small Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP), Rural Health Professions Program, and other programs and technical assistance opportunities related to health workforce data, overdose prevention and response, rural maternity care, and graduate medical education.
Sponsoring organization: Arizona Center for Rural Health
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Oral Health Professional Supply and Non-Traumatic Dental Emergency Department Visits in California
Interactive dashboard providing data on rates of non-traumatic dental emergency department visits compared with the supply of dental specialists and oral health professionals at the county level in California. Includes additional data on expected payer for ED visits by region of California.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Interactive dashboard providing data on rates of non-traumatic dental emergency department visits compared with the supply of dental specialists and oral health professionals at the county level in California. Includes additional data on expected payer for ED visits by region of California.
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Access and Information
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Indiana Youth Institute 2026 County Dashboard
An interactive dashboard that provides county-level data on Indiana youth, with a focus on topics such as family and community, health, economic well-being, and education. Users can select for county and see data broken down by topics such as youth in foster care, access to exercise, mental health provider supply ratios, food insecurity, youth employment, graduation rates, early education, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Youth Institute
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An interactive dashboard that provides county-level data on Indiana youth, with a focus on topics such as family and community, health, economic well-being, and education. Users can select for county and see data broken down by topics such as youth in foster care, access to exercise, mental health provider supply ratios, food insecurity, youth employment, graduation rates, early education, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Indiana Youth Institute
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2026 Primary Care Scorecard Data Dashboard
Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Interactive dashboard providing national- and state-level data on primary care indicators. Indicators cover financing, access to care, training of the healthcare workforce, and federal investment in primary care research. Includes data on primary care spending as a share of Medicare fee-for-service in rural areas, the number of primary care providers per capita, and the percentage of all residents and primary care residents trained in rural or medically underserved areas.
Sponsoring organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
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Dashboard: Arkansas Physician Specialties
Dashboard providing data on the geographic distribution of Arkansas physicians by specialty. Includes rural-urban comparisons and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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Dashboard providing data on the geographic distribution of Arkansas physicians by specialty. Includes rural-urban comparisons and county-level data.
Sponsoring organization: Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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