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Resources by Topic: Health workforce

Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the primary care workforce providing healthcare to Medicaid enrollees. Uses data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 2016-2019 to identify primary care clinicians who saw Medicaid beneficiaries each year.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Indiana Registered Nurse Workforce Dashboards
An interactive dashboard that provides data on Indiana's nursing workforce, including overall workforce trends, county-level and rural versus urban supply trends, demographic information, education, employment, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Supply and Distribution Tables for State-Licensed Health Professions in Texas
List of a variety of healthcare professions and their distribution across counties in Texas over multiple years.
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Nebraska's Multi-Regional Nursing Workforce Model: Main Findings 2017-2025
Provides data and projections of Nebraska's nursing workforce by region, with information on supply and demand, shortages, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and more. Includes county-level map of Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Nebraska.
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Center for Nursing, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Census Island Area Profiles: Puerto Rico Profile
Profile details data sets and visualizations, news, and guides for using Census data for Puerto Rico. Highlights data sets on population, housing, economy, and workforce, among others.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Census Bureau
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Kansas Palliative Care 5-Year State Plan: 2022-2027
Provides an overview of the 2022-2027 Kansas palliative care plan, with a focus on access, education and healthcare workforce training, public and community awareness, and emergency preparedness and disaster planning. Includes palliative care access strategies that are specific to rural and frontier areas, as well as a county-level map that shows data on palliative care needs according to mortality rates.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Kansas Rural Opportunity Zones
Provides a county-level map of Kansas rural opportunity zones (ROZs) which provide financial incentives to citizens who move to a ROZ. Includes information about ROZ sponsors, applications, and programs, such as student loan repayment assistance and tax credits.
Sponsoring organization: Kansas Office Of Rural Prosperity
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Rural EMS Quality Improvement Basics
A quality improvement course geared toward emergency medical services (EMS) professionals in rural areas. Provides guidance on quality improvement awareness, implementation, and leadership.
Sponsoring organization: Stratis Health
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Dental Therapy Resources
Presents a series of reports, toolkits, articles, and other resources on dental therapy from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Sponsoring organization: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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Health Professional Shortage Areas: Louisiana
Provides information and definitions on Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs), and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), as well as related HPSA opportunities and healthcare facilities. Includes county-level maps of primary care, dental, and mental HPSAs in Louisiana.
Sponsoring organization: Louisiana Department of Health
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