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5771. Health Care Shortage Areas: Designations Not a Useful Tool for Directing Resources to the Underserved - Resources
Date: Sep 1995

Discusses the Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) and Medically Underserved Area (MUA) designations and how well these designations help target federal resources to benefit those who are underserved.

...Health Care Shortage Areas: Designations Not a Useful Tool for Directing Resources to the Underserved...

5772. The Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Rural Low-Income Adults – Lessons from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment - Resources
Date: Jun 2018

Describes a randomly controlled study examining Medicaid expansion. Includes data from interviews with 86 rural study participants discussing healthcare access, personal finances, and self-reported health status.

...Health Insurance Experiment --- Describes a randomly controlled study examining Medicaid expansion. Includes data from interviews...

5773. Final Frontier: IPC Challenges in Rural Health Care - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Podcast interview with Dr. Michael Stevens, West Virginia University Health System's Healthcare Epidemiologist. Addresses difficulty in accessing mentoring in infection prevention and control (IPC) in rural facilities, and disconnects between local needs and upper-level mandates. Includes transcript.

...Health Care --- Podcast interview with Dr. Michael Stevens, West Virginia University Health System's Healthcare...

5774. Workforce Outcomes of North Carolina Medical School Graduates: A Report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Describes the identity, location, and number of positions for medical school in North Carolina, identifies the numbers of graduates of medical education in various specialty areas, and tracks outcomes of graduates in primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, and psychiatry 5 years after completing training. Features state-level data through 2016, and includes statistics on percent of graduates in training or practice in rural areas 2008-2011.

...Health Services Research Health workforce education and training · Health workforce supply and demand · Physicians · Recruitment...

5775. Alaska State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP) - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Loan repayment assistance for certain healthcare professionals in exchange for working in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Alaska.

...health · Behavioral health workforce · Dental workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers...

5776. Prioritizing Primary Care: Twenty-first Annual Report to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress regarding primary care training and education. Reviews the historical development of accelerated pathway programs for clinicians, physician assistants, and dentists, and program outcomes. Explores challenges related to securing an adequate number of clinical training sites, as well as recommendations to address this shortage. Outlines recommendations to support the training of more primary care clinicians who practice in underserved communities.

...Health and Human Services and the U.S. Congress --- Offers policy and program development recommendations to the Secretary...

5777. State Office of Rural Health Roadmap for Working with Vulnerable Hospitals - Resources
Date: Oct 2016

Toolkit designed to assist State Offices of Rural Health (SORHs) when working with vulnerable hospitals and communities. Outlines the types of technical assistance (TA) that SORHs may provide before and after hospital closures and includes resources to help SORHs facilitate that assistance. Provides a self-assessment to help SORHs determine their capacity and select the appropriate levels of TA, as well as sample Critical Access Hospital needs assessments and benchmarking reports.

...Health Roadmap for Working with Vulnerable Hospitals --- Toolkit designed to assist State Offices of Rural...

5778. Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel (RUPRI) - Organizations
Reviewed: Jan 20, 2026

Summary information for the organization Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel, including related information from this organization listed on the RHIhub website.

...Health Panel (RUPRI) --- Summary information for the organization Rural Policy Research Institute Rural Health Panel...

5779. Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives - Resources
Date: Aug 2003

Thematic issue focused on American Indian/Alaska Native health disparities related to diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates.

...health disparities related to diabetes, cancer, bronchiolitis, injury mortality, and vaccination rates. --- Health Disparities Experienced...

5780. Moving Toward Equity: An Evaluation Toolkit - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Discusses how equity is connected to health outcomes for Ohio citizens and ways public health partners can evaluate progress when implementing initiatives to improve equity for disadvantaged populations, including those in rural and Appalachian areas. Focuses on assessment and planning, equitable evaluation plans, quality improvement, and collecting data.

...Health Policy Institute of Ohio Appalachia · Evaluation methods and resources · Population health · Public health · Social...