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North Dakota Resources

At Presentation Medical Center: Culture Impacts Success
Describes Presentation Medical Center's (PMC) progress as part of the Small Rural Hospital Transition (SRHT) Project, completed in 2017, focused on assessing PMC's finances and operations. PMC is a 25-bed Critical Access Hospital (CAH) located in Rolla, North Dakota.
Date: 07/2018
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Resource Center
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Characteristics of U.S. Medical Graduates and International Medical Graduates in North Dakota
Uses 2017 data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile to show the characteristics of direct care physicians practicing in North Dakota. Includes breakdowns by sex and rural/urban status, year of graduation, work location, specialty, and primary care specialty.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 05/2018
Sponsoring organizations: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
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North Dakota Behavioral Health System Study Final Report, April 2018
Reports findings from the North Dakota Comprehensive Behavioral Health Systems Analysis, which includes a review of the existing behavioral health system, an analysis of utilization and payment patterns by payer source, and recommendations to improve the behavioral health system to meet the needs of the community. Discusses the benefits and challenges of providing behavioral health services in rural areas.
Date: 04/2018
Sponsoring organizations: Human Services Research Institute, North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services
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North Dakota Nursing Facility Workforce Survey Chartbook: 2016
Analyzes the survey results from 78 nursing facility chief executive officers in North Dakota. Describes characteristics of the nursing facility workforce. Includes rural versus urban comparisons for multiple measures, such as registered nurse (RN) vacancy rates, number of nurse full-time equivalents (FTEs), level of difficulty in filling staff positions, most important problem in recruiting RNs, and many others.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 09/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Non-Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota
Fact sheet discussing physicians in North Dakota who provide non-direct patient care such as faculty, researchers, and administrators. Uses 2015 data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile and includes breakdowns by rural/urban location.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Availability of Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota
Provides an analysis of the availability of direct patient care physicians in North Dakota by rural/urban status, location of medical school and residency, sex, and age using 2013 data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Demographics of Direct Patient Care Physicians in North Dakota
Fact Sheet describing direct patient care physicians by age, patient population, and rural/urban status in North Dakota using 2015 data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Type of Employment for Physicians in North Dakota
An analysis of practicing physicians by sex, age, rural/urban status, type of practice, and region in North Dakota using 2015 data from the American Medical Association Physician Masterfile.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 08/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Characteristics of U.S. and International Medical Graduates in Primary Care Physicians in North Dakota
Uses 2015 data from the American Medical Association Masterfile to determine the characteristics of international medical graduates (IMGs) practicing primary care in North Dakota. Focuses primarily on the following measures: number of ND physicians who are IMGs, country of medical school graduation, sex and rural/urban status, primary care status by specialty and rural/urban status, type of practice, and year of graduation.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 07/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Demographics of Primary Care Physicians in North Dakota
Analyzes the rural and urban location of family and general practice physicians, general pediatricians, and internal medicine physicians in North Dakota, with demographic information presented in chart and map form.
Author(s): Gary Hart, Robin Besse, Mandi-Leigh Peterson
Date: 06/2017
Sponsoring organization: University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
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Last Updated: 12/12/2025