Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
Rural Primary Care Workforce: A State-Level Analysis
Provides fact sheets on the rural primary care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for family physicians, general internists, general pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Provides fact sheets on the rural primary care workforce for select states in 2025. Includes maps and tables providing county-level data and rural-urban comparisons of provider to population ratios for family physicians, general internists, general pediatricians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Author(s): S.C. Woolcock, C.H.A. Andrilla, L.A. Garberson, J.M. Graves
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - Nurse Practitioners
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing nurse practitioners (NPs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about NP specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing nurse practitioners (NPs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about NP specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CRNA specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CRNA specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - Clinical Nurse Specialists
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CNS specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CNS specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - Certified Nurse Midwives
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing certified nurse midwives (CNMs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CNM specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Additional links: Workforce Spotlight
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing certified nurse midwives (CNMs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about CNM specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Additional links: Workforce Spotlight
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Indiana's Nursing Workforce: Characteristics as of 2023 Renewal - All Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about APRN specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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A data snapshot focused on total actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in Indiana as of 2023. Includes information about APRN specialty, practice setting, populations served, services, and county-level geographic distribution.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Bridging the Gap: Clinical Preceptors for Physicians and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Utah
Report explores the clinical training needs and landscape for physicians and advanced practice registered nurse (APRNs) in Utah. Discusses training capacity and demand across the state and in rural areas. Makes recommendation for the future.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Utah Health Workforce Information Center
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Report explores the clinical training needs and landscape for physicians and advanced practice registered nurse (APRNs) in Utah. Discusses training capacity and demand across the state and in rural areas. Makes recommendation for the future.
Date: 2025
Sponsoring organization: Utah Health Workforce Information Center
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Annual Report on the New Hampshire Health Care Workforce and Data Collection: Calendar Year 2024
Includes aggregate data and information on current and projected New Hampshire primary workforce needs and the participation rate on surveys completed by clinicians for the Health Professions Data Center. Features a state map showing rural and nonrural New Hampshire regional public health networks, and statistics on demographics, barriers to care, substance use and mental health, and maternal health. Includes license renewal data for various providers types, and workforce data on physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including percentage in rural regions.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire Rural Health & Primary Care
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Includes aggregate data and information on current and projected New Hampshire primary workforce needs and the participation rate on surveys completed by clinicians for the Health Professions Data Center. Features a state map showing rural and nonrural New Hampshire regional public health networks, and statistics on demographics, barriers to care, substance use and mental health, and maternal health. Includes license renewal data for various providers types, and workforce data on physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants, including percentage in rural regions.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organizations: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, New Hampshire Rural Health & Primary Care
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Effects of Rural Hospital Closures on Nurse Staffing Levels and Health Care Utilization at Nearby Hospitals
Analyzes healthcare utilization and nurse staffing levels when nearby rural hospitals close. Utilizes 2014-2019 American Hospital Association Survey data to examine vocational nurse/licensed practical nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), and advanced practice nurse (APN) staffing levels as well as inpatient and outpatient surgical operations and emergency department (ED) visits within 4 years of a hospital closure.
Author(s): Jing Dong, Siying Liu, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Guido Cataife
Citation: Health Economics, 33(12), 2687-2707
Date: 12/2024
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Analyzes healthcare utilization and nurse staffing levels when nearby rural hospitals close. Utilizes 2014-2019 American Hospital Association Survey data to examine vocational nurse/licensed practical nurse (LPN), registered nurse (RN), and advanced practice nurse (APN) staffing levels as well as inpatient and outpatient surgical operations and emergency department (ED) visits within 4 years of a hospital closure.
Author(s): Jing Dong, Siying Liu, Asefeh Faraz Covelli, Guido Cataife
Citation: Health Economics, 33(12), 2687-2707
Date: 12/2024
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Nurse Practitioner Race and Ethnicity and Interest in Independent Primary Care Practice and Serving Medicaid Enrollees
Surveyed California nurse practitioners (NPs) to determine the current practice and practice intentions following scope of practice regulation changes in California. Presents 2023 data showing rurality of NPs by amount of primary care offered and Medicaid patient caseload currently and those considering independent primary care practice, among other characteristics.
Author(s): Ulrike Muench, Amy Quan, Rosalind de Lisser, Timothy Bates, Joanne Spetz
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(12)
Date: 11/2024
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Surveyed California nurse practitioners (NPs) to determine the current practice and practice intentions following scope of practice regulation changes in California. Presents 2023 data showing rurality of NPs by amount of primary care offered and Medicaid patient caseload currently and those considering independent primary care practice, among other characteristics.
Author(s): Ulrike Muench, Amy Quan, Rosalind de Lisser, Timothy Bates, Joanne Spetz
Citation: Health Affairs Scholar, 2(12)
Date: 11/2024
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