Health professional shortage areas
By: GAO (author).
Contributors: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781604564099
Subjects: Medically underserved areas -- United States; Medical personnel -- Supply and demand -- United States; Health Services Needs and Demand -- organization & administration -- United States -- Technical Report; Medically Underserved Area -- United States -- Technical Report; Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration -- United States -- Technical Report; Health Services Research -- United States -- Technical Report; Public Health Administration -- methods -- United States -- Technical Report
Genres: Technical Report.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Results in brief; title: Background; title: HPSAs are located in every state and are used by multiple federal programs; title: Research points to shortcomings with designation methodology; title: Many health centers and rural health clinics did not benefit from automatic HPSA designation; title: Conclusions; title: Recommendations for executive action agency comments.