Rural Health and Underserved Areas

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview

As of September 2024, 66.33% of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) were located in rural areas. For the most current ...

Rural Health: Addressing Barriers to Care - NIHCM Foundation

While over 46 million individuals reside in rural areas, a staggering 80% of rural America is still considered to be medically underserved. Rural Americans face ...

Chair File: Recognizing the 'Power of Rural' in Advancing Health

It's estimated that 80% of rural America is “medically underserved,” meaning that a particular area has few primary care providers, high infant ...

Office of Rural Health and Primary Care | Health & Senior Services

The Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care (ORHPC) enhances equitable access to health care services to rural and underserved populations and ...

Why Health Care Is Harder to Access in Rural America | U.S. GAO

More than 60 million Americans—about one-fifth of the U.S. population—live in rural areas. On average, rural residents are older and ...

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities – Organizations

Focuses on barriers to health access for rural residents and related topics, including health insurance coverage, Medicaid, behavioral health, long-term ...

MUA Find - HRSA Data Warehouse

Explore data for Medically underserved Areas/Populations by state and counties. ... Rural Health Rural Health Grants Eligibility by Address Analyzer Rural ...

Rural & Underserved Populations

The goal of the center is to improve access to primary health care in rural and underserved areas of Illinois and to encourage community involvement in health ...

Improving health in rural areas is within our collective reach

Poorer health outcomes among rural residents are also tied to higher rates of tobacco use, obesity and hypertension. The ability to obtain care ...

Addressing Rural Health Challenges Head On - PMC

About 20 percent of Americans live in rural areas, but barely one-tenth of physicians practice there. The federal government projects a shortage of over 20,000 ...

Addressing Rural Health Inequities in Medicare - CMS

Compared to urban Americans, rural Americans are more likely to have heart disease, stroke, cancer, unintentional injuries, suicide risk, and ...

The Biden-Harris Administration is taking actions to improve the ...

Rural communities often have fewer local health care providers available, with over 50% of rural counties having no access to hospital-based ...

What Is Shortage Designation? - Bureau of Health Workforce - HRSA

Governor-Designated Secretary-Certified Shortage Areas for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) are areas that a state governor or designee identifies as ...

Rural Health and Underserved Areas

Medically Underserved Area/Population (MUA/P). The primary care office develops and submits applications for all federal Medically underserved area/population ( ...

Health Disparities Affect Millions in Rural U.S. Communities | AAMC

These rural health disparities are deeply rooted in economic, social, racial, ethnic, geographic, and health workforce factors. That complex mix ...

Improving Support for Rural and Underserved Health Care

Whether through greater funding or more flexibility, rural and underserved communities are having their health care needs prioritized in this ...

42 USC 254c: Rural health care services outreach, rural ... - U.S. Code

Americans living in rural communities face unique challenges when seeking healthcare services, such as limited transportation opportunities, shortages of ...

How to Improve Health Care in Rural Areas - Tulane University

Rural communities on average have significantly less access to healthcare services than their urban counterparts. Access to health care can ...

About Us - NARHC - National Association of Rural Health Clinics

Rural health clinics receive enhanced Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements which allow clinicians to live and practice in rural, underserved areas of the ...

2022-2027 Illinois Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan Rural Health

Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs), identify geographic areas and populations with a lack of access to primary care ...