Nevada Resources
Health Workforce in Nevada - 2025
Reports on the supply and geographic distribution of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers providing direct patient care services, and administrative and non-clinical healthcare workers in Nevada. Utilizes federal and state demographic, licensure, and health shortage data.
Author(s): John Packham, Angel Barboza, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Reports on the supply and geographic distribution of physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers providing direct patient care services, and administrative and non-clinical healthcare workers in Nevada. Utilizes federal and state demographic, licensure, and health shortage data.
Author(s): John Packham, Angel Barboza, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Selected Rural Healthcare Facilities in Nevada
Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Shows the state's Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), and Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), as well as Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) sites and short term/PPS (Prospective Payment System) hospitals located in rural areas.
Date: 07/2025
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Nursing Workforce in Nevada - 2025
Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of nurses in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Vallabhi Shah, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Provides data on the supply and geographic distribution by county, including rural and frontier, of nurses in Nevada.
Author(s): John Packham, Vallabhi Shah, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 03/2025
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Health Workforce Research Center
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Nevada Rural and Frontier Health Data Book - Twelfth Edition
Provides an overview of the health and healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada. Offers state and county-level data on the resident population, economic and social characteristics, insurance coverage, population health, the healthcare workforce, and the healthcare delivery system.
Author(s): Tabor Griswold, John Packham, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Provides an overview of the health and healthcare in rural and frontier Nevada. Offers state and county-level data on the resident population, economic and social characteristics, insurance coverage, population health, the healthcare workforce, and the healthcare delivery system.
Author(s): Tabor Griswold, John Packham, Simran Kaur, et al.
Date: 01/2025
Sponsoring organization: University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine Office of Statewide Initiatives
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Nevada Medicaid Cost Driver Analysis, 2024
Report analyzing 2016-2023 Medicaid data to determine drivers of healthcare costs in Nevada. Data analyzed by plan type, service category, geography, age, and sex.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Report analyzing 2016-2023 Medicaid data to determine drivers of healthcare costs in Nevada. Data analyzed by plan type, service category, geography, age, and sex.
Date: 12/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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FY 2024: HRSA's Rural Health Grants – Nevada Fact Sheet
HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Nevada in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy investments in Nevada in Fiscal Year 2024. Lists grant recipients, award amounts, award recipient locations, and congressional district.
Date: 11/2024
Sponsoring organization: Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
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Disparities in Structural Brain Imaging in Older Adults from Rural Communities in Southern Nevada
Analyzes the association of brain cortical thickness (CT) with rurality and neighborhood disadvantage among older adults with and without clinical impairment related to dementia. Utilizes demographic and MRI scan data of 71 rural and 87 urban Nevadans.
Author(s): Xiaowei Zhuang, Dietmar Cordes, Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Andrew R. Bender, Justin B. Miller
Citation: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16
Date: 10/2024
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Analyzes the association of brain cortical thickness (CT) with rurality and neighborhood disadvantage among older adults with and without clinical impairment related to dementia. Utilizes demographic and MRI scan data of 71 rural and 87 urban Nevadans.
Author(s): Xiaowei Zhuang, Dietmar Cordes, Jessica Z. K. Caldwell, Andrew R. Bender, Justin B. Miller
Citation: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 16
Date: 10/2024
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Equitable COVID-19 Testing Access for Underserved Communities: The Success of Vending Machines
Examines the public health strategy of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) to use vending machines for free distribution of COVID-19 tests. Focuses on placement of vending machines to improve access in rural and underserved areas, mitigating the spread of disease.
Author(s): Danielle Jamerson, Kimberly Franich, Cassius Lockett
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S7), S558-S561
Date: 10/2024
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Examines the public health strategy of the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) to use vending machines for free distribution of COVID-19 tests. Focuses on placement of vending machines to improve access in rural and underserved areas, mitigating the spread of disease.
Author(s): Danielle Jamerson, Kimberly Franich, Cassius Lockett
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 114(S7), S558-S561
Date: 10/2024
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Childhood Cancer in Nevada, 2011-2021
Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing Nevada Central Cancer Registry and Electronic Death Registry System data. Compares incidence and mortality in Clark County, Washoe County, and the state's rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Nevada from 2011 to 2021, utilizing Nevada Central Cancer Registry and Electronic Death Registry System data. Compares incidence and mortality in Clark County, Washoe County, and the state's rural counties.
Date: 08/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Symptoms of the Disease: The Epidemiological, Economic, and Public Health Impacts of COVID-19 on the Battle Born State
Reports on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada between March 2020 and December 2022 on various healthcare, economic, and sociodemographic indicators. Includes rural and urban comparisons related to case and mortality rates, telehealth utilization, homelessness, and child welfare.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Reports on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nevada between March 2020 and December 2022 on various healthcare, economic, and sociodemographic indicators. Includes rural and urban comparisons related to case and mortality rates, telehealth utilization, homelessness, and child welfare.
Date: 04/2024
Sponsoring organization: Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
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Last Updated: 10/3/2025