Including Nurse Practitioners in the Calculation of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas
Medical Care Research and Review: formerly Medical Care Review
Published online on May 29, 2026
Abstract
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Geographic Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations drive the allocation of government resources to improve access to care, but designations are based only on physicians and therefore obscure the available primary care workforce. ...
Geographic Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designations drive the allocation of government resources to improve access to care, but designations are based only on physicians and therefore obscure the available primary care workforce. ...