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Resources by Topic: Health workforce supply and demand

Vermont All Core Mental Health Providers by Mental Health Catchment Area: Population per FT
County level map of all core mental health providers including psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and psychiatric advanced practice registered nurses by service area for the state of Vermont.
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Vermont Department of Health
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Association Among County-Level Economic Factors, Clinician Supply, Metropolitan or Rural Location, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Highlights a study on demographic factors that correlate with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Looks at a county's economic factors, rural status, and clinician supply in 8 different states.
Author(s): Stephen W. Patrick, Laura J. Faherty, Andrew W. Dick, et al.
Citation: JAMA, 321(4), 385-393
Date: 01/2019
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Iowa Dentist Workforce Atlas, 1997-2016: 20 Years of the Iowa Dentist Tracking System
Provides detailed data on Iowa's dentists over time, including rural/urban comparisons. Addresses workforce trends, shortage areas, county-level data, historical data, and dentist migration.
Author(s): Raymond A. Kuthy, Susan C. McKernan, Julie C. Reynolds
Date: 01/2019
Sponsoring organization: Center for Social Science Innovation
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Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska Legislative Report: FY 2018 & 2019
Provides a data overview of behavioral health needs and workforce in Nebraska. Includes county-level information on psychiatric prescribers and non-prescribers, behavioral health locations, training sites, and more.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organizations: Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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An Analysis of the Economic Impact of Missouri Physicians
Provides an overview on the economic impact of physicians in Missouri, with a focus on physician specialties, education, employment and salary conditions, and the economic inputs and outputs related to physicians. Includes rural versus urban physician economic impacts as well as county-level data on doctors of medicine (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), physicians, and multi-specialty physicians, among other data.
Author(s): David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Missouri's Health Care Workforce: Providing Care and Opportunity
Provides information on Missouri's healthcare workforce, including current demand and projected demand, healthcare education, projection of future healthcare needs, and more. Includes data on job postings in rural versus urban areas as well as county-level information on licensed practical nurses (LPNs), registered nurses (RNs), average age of citizens, net commuters, and projected percent change in demand for healthcare from 2017 to 2030, among other data.
Author(s): Jill Williams, David M. Mitchell
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Hospital Association
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Indiana's Long Term Care & Aging Workforce
Identifies the Indiana licensed health professionals who practice in geriatrics or long term care, home health, or related settings, and describes their professional characteristics. Features statistics including numbers of professionals in the Indiana long term care and aging workforce, with breakdowns by rural and urban location.
Author(s): Hannah Maxey, Sierra Vaughn, Courtney Randolph
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Utah's Physician Assistant Workforce, 2019: A Study on the Supply and Distribution of PAs in Utah
An overview of Utah's physician assistant (PA) workforce, based on results of a 2018 survey. Features statistics including the percentages of Utah PAs who have a rural background and who work in rural areas.
Author(s): Jerry Bounsanga
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: Utah Health Workforce Information Center
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The Relationship Between Rural Setting and Health: Factors that Influence Individuals With or at Risk of CVD - A Summary of the Literature
Describes current literature on rural challenges and opportunities, including cardiovascular risk due to obesity, lack of access to healthcare, workforce shortages, importance of paramedics and community health workers, telehealth and broadband, and impact of the substance use disorder epidemic. Intended to help stakeholders understand the causes of health disparities and to support action to improve the health of rural communities.
Date: 2019
Sponsoring organization: American Heart Association
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Impact of Participation in Technology-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity Building (ECHO) Models on Provider Retention: Final Report
Examines whether participation in technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity building (ECHO) models improves retention of providers at the provider-level and the site-level, and whether results differ for Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) vs. non-HPSA sites.
Author(s): Sebastian Negrusa, Paul Hogan, Matt Zhou
Date: 12/2018
Sponsoring organization: The Lewin Group
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