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Resources by Topic: Health workforce supply and demand

Behavioral and Mental Health Care Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural Respondents: Differences in Reported Need, Reasons for Not Getting Care, and Travel Time
Data snapshot featuring statistics on percentages of people needing behavioral or mental health care or having difficulty finding a provider, and reported length of travel time to a provider, with breakdowns by urban, suburban, and rural location.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
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#RuralHealthChat: Rural Health Workforce Education and Training
Summary of a March 2019 Twitter chat focused on rural healthcare workforce training and education. Documents a conversation among rural health experts discussing rural provider shortages and the challenges training, recruiting, and retaining a rural healthcare workforce.
Date: 03/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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2017 Vermont Dentists by Rational Service Areas: Population per FTE
County level map of dentists by population service area in the state of Vermont.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Map/Mapping System
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Student Exposure to Health Care Experiences and Careers: Rural Health Summit Workgroup Summary Report & Guide to Programs
Summarizes discussions by a Rural Health Summit Student Exposure to Health Care Experiences and Careers (SEHEC) Workgroup and their next steps to help expose rural students to healthcare professions. Provides a directory of programs in Arkansas to increase student interest in healthcare careers. Includes maps of state shortage and underserved areas, a map of school-based health centers in the state, and a list of health professional supply by county and occupation.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
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Fact Sheet: Rural Nebraska's Shifting Long-term Care System
Highlights the state of Nebraska's rural long-term care system. Addresses access, capacity, provider shortages, and reimbursements.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Affairs
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Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016
Describes the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers. Gives descriptions of services users, including residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients receiving home health or hospice care, and people who attend adult day care centers. Features statistics including distribution of long-term care providers in 2016, with breakdowns by metropolitan, micropolitan, or other area.
Additional links: State Estimates Supplement
Author(s): L. Harris-Kojetin, M. Sengupta, J.P. Lendon, et al.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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The State of Primary Care Physician Workforce
State-level information describing the primary care physician workforce in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Features statistics including age, gender, training origin, distribution of physicians, percent of state population living in rural areas, and percent of physicians practicing in rural communities.
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Addressing Rural Workforce Shortages and Healthcare Disparities: An Annotated Bibliography
Report designed to inform policy discussions and future publications concerning healthcare disparities and outcomes, the distribution of physicians in rural areas, and the graduate medical education system financing. Also includes sections on rural hospital closures, social determinants of health, and healthcare safety net facilities. Constructed from a literature review, expert-recommended articles, and a search of white and grey literature.
Author(s): Dara Khatib, Alison Huffstetler, Andrew Bazemore
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Robert Graham Center
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Meeting the Demand for Health: Final Report of the California Future Health Workforce Commission
Provides actionable recommendations for developing California's health workforce, addressing rural throughout. Discusses the state's population health, current health workforce challenges, healthcare delivery transformation, and more. The commission was convened by major health philanthropies to develop a comprehensive California health workforce strategy and was composed of state leaders in health, policy, education, and workforce development.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Date: 02/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Future Health Workforce Commission
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A Profile of New Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physicians: Results from the Survey of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellows Who Completed Training in 2018
Presents results of a survey of 147 physicians who completed training in hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) in 2018. Covers fellows' demographics, prior medical training and experience, fellowship experience, post-training practice, and the HPM job market. Includes information on the intent to practice in rural and semi-rural locations and mean income by practice setting.
Date: 01/2019
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, George Washington University Health Workforce Institute
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