Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas in Arizona

This data provides area designated by HRSA as having shortages of primary care providers. HRSA’s Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) develops shortage designation criteria and uses them to decide whether or not a geographic area or population group is a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), Medically Underserved Area (MUA), or Medically Underserved Population (MUP). More than 34 federal programs depend on HPSA/MUA/MUP designations to determine eligibility or as a funding preference. About 20 percent of the U.S. population resides in primary medical care HPSAs. HPSAs may have shortages of primary medical care, dental, or mental health providers; may be urban or rural areas; population groups; or medical or other public facilities. HRSA programs provide equitable health care to people who are geographically isolated and economically or medically vulnerable. This includes programs that deliver health services to people with HIV, pregnant people, mothers and their families, those with low incomes, residents of rural areas, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and those otherwise unable to access high-quality health care. HRSA programs also support health infrastructure, including through training of health professionals and distributing them to areas where they are needed most, providing financial support to health care providers, and advancing telehealth. In addition, HRSA oversees programs for providing discounts on prescription drugs to safety net providers, facilitating organ, bone marrow, and cord blood transplantation, compensating individuals injured by vaccination, and maintaining data on health care malpractice payments. The data was provided by the Health Resources and Services Administration and joined to PCA polygons provided by Arizona Department of Health Services. Last Updated: May 2023 Update Frequency: Annual本数据集涵盖美国卫生资源和服务管理局（Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA）认定的初级医疗服务短缺区域。HRSA下属的卫生人力局（Bureau of Health Workforce, BHW）制定了短缺认定标准，用于判定某一地理区域或人群是否属于医疗专业人员短缺区（Health Professional Shortage Area, HPSA）、医疗服务欠缺区（Medically Underserved Area, MUA）或医疗服务欠缺人群（Medically Underserved Population, MUP）。超过34项联邦项目依托HPSA/MUA/MUP认定来确定资格审核标准，或将其作为资助优先级的依据。约20%的美国人口居住在初级医疗类HPSA范围内。HPSA可能存在初级医疗、牙科或心理健康服务提供者短缺问题，其覆盖范畴可涵盖城乡区域、特定人群，或医疗及其他公共设施。HRSA的项目为地理隔绝、经济或医疗弱势人群提供公平可及的医疗服务，相关项目包括为HIV感染者、孕妇、产妇及其家庭、低收入群体、农村居民、美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民，以及其他无法获取高质量医疗服务的人群提供医疗服务。HRSA项目同时支持医疗基础设施建设，具体举措包括培训医疗专业人员并将其分派至最亟需的地区、为医疗服务提供者提供财政支持，以及推进远程医疗发展。此外，HRSA还监管多项专项项目：为安全网医疗服务提供者提供处方药折扣、协助器官、骨髓及脐带血移植工作、为疫苗接种致伤人员提供补偿，以及留存医疗事故赔付相关数据。本数据集由美国卫生资源和服务管理局提供，并与亚利桑那州卫生服务部提供的初级护理区域（Primary Care Area, PCA）多边形数据集完成关联。最后更新：2023年5月；更新频率：年度更新