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Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)

The Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) designation is managed by the Bureau of Health Professions Office of Shortage Designation. They are used to determine where in the country National Health Service Corps (NHSC) participants can practice in fulfillment of their obligations within the NHSC programs. They also help determine whether a physician might qualify for a bonus payment from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, for providing health care in a qualifying area of need. The information provided on this page through charts, maps, reports and various search engines, are about HRSA’s activities with regard to HPSAs.

HPSAs and MUA/Ps are created from collections of counties and sub-county geographic units; the HPSA and MUA/P Geographic Compilation Logic page describes in detail how the HRSA Data Warehouse creates the geographic boundaries from the business data.

The chart below shows the number of currently-designated HPSAs, by discipline. The criteria for designation varies from one discipline to another, and there is no intrinsic relationship between them: an area may be considered to have a shortage of practitioners in any or all of the disciplines independently.

Charts

Display high-level summary information about HRSA’s activities and can be used as a starting point for obtaining more detailed information.

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NOTE: White colored counties indicate no designated shortage areas in the selected discipline.

Maps

Visually explore HRSA-specific information, health resources and demographic data in geographic relation to one another.

Map Gallery – easy access to pre-formatted, non-interactive frequently-requested maps supplied in PDF format and are regenerated nightly with current data.

The Health Professional Shortage Area map gallery shows the currently-designated HPSAs, separated by discipline class. The symbols denote the various types of HPSA.

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Quick Access Maps - simple, interactive maps intended for on-screen viewing of current data at the National, Regional or State level.
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  • Interactive Map Tool - The interactive Map Tool allows users to create a graphic presentation of the data contained in the HRSA Data Warehouse, and uses a map display to place the data in a geographic context. Help is available at Map Tool Help.

Reports

Select, sort, export and view available data by spreadsheet or preformatted reports.

Quick Access Reports are preformatted reports and provide summary data. These reports are available in pdf, CSV and XML format.

Report (on-screen viewing format)Printable (PDF)Accessibility
Designated HPSA Statistics
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Designated HPSA Quarterly Summary
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CSV
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State Population and HPSA Designation Population Statistics
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Dental Care HPSAs
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Mental Health Care HPSAs
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Primary Care HPSAs
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State Summary of Designated Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P)
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NHSC - HPSA Fulfillment Reports

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NHSC Fulfillment of Dental Care HPSA Needs Summary
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CSV
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XML
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NHSC Fulfillment of Mental Health Care HPSA Needs Summary
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NHSC Fulfillment of Primary Care HPSA Needs Summary
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XML
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Read this IMPORTANT NOTE regarding CSV-formatted data.

Data Exploration and Reports

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  • Interactive Report Tool - The interactive Report Tool provides access to the most detailed information available. Users can select, extract, and save data for summarization, analysis, and reporting with tools such as a spreadsheet or database. Help is available at Report Tool Help. Get Printer-friendly version(PDF, approx. 400 KB) here.Adobe PDF icon

HPSA Summary

On-screen summary tables of key HRSA activities at the National Level.

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CategoryItemValueAs of
Designated HPSAsTotal Designated HPSAs14,14705/16/2012
 (by Discipline)  
  --> Dental Care4,52505/16/2012
  --> Mental Health3,74205/16/2012
  --> Primary Care5,88005/16/2012

CategoryItemValueAs of
Medically Underserved Areas / PopulationsDesignated Medically Underserved Areas / Populations4,15005/16/2012

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