Health Resources and Services Administration
GovernmentThe Health Resources and Services Administration is a federal bureau under the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for improving access to healthcare services for underserved populations. They operate or support thousands of federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and loan programs for healthcare professionals. Their data systems track provider locations, specializations, and shortages, particularly in rural and low-income areas. HRSA publishes information on health workforce trends, primary care capacity, and health center performance metrics.
Pinned datasets
County Obstetric and Perinatal Capacity, Births, and Context by Year (AHRF, 2010-2024)
How many OB-GYNs, midwives, and obstetric hospitals does your county have? Are birth rates rising or falling? Is infant mortality improving? This table tracks all of it county by county from 2010 through 2024. It pulls together workforce counts (doctors, nurses, midwives), hospital capacity (obstetric beds, birthing rooms, neonatal units), birth outcomes (births, prematurity, low birth weight, infant deaths), and the context around them (population, insurance rates, poverty, rural status). Whether you're studying maternal care deserts, hospital closures, workforce shortages, or birth disparities, you can compare any county to others and see how things have changed over a decade.
Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
This data shows where doctors are hard to find. Each county gets a 'shortage score' (higher number means bigger shortage) and HRSA uses these designations to decide where to send more doctors and offer payment incentives to recruit them. You can see the target ratio of patients per primary care doctor and how far off each area is from that goal. It's the official tool the federal government uses to identify and address primary care gaps.
Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
Certain areas of the country don't have enough dentists. This dataset marks where those areas are and how bad the shortage is. Each region gets a score from 0 to 26, where higher numbers mean fewer dentists relative to people who need care. It also tells you how many people are going without adequate dental access and whether the area is rural or urban. If you're a dentist considering where to practice or you work in health policy, this shows you where the gaps are and which areas qualify for federal support programs.
Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs)
There are over 6,000 counties in the US, and many don't have enough mental health providers to serve their populations. This dataset tells you which areas officially qualify as having a mental health shortage, how bad the shortage is (on a scale where 25 is the worst), and how many people lack adequate access to care. You get the county name, coordinates, and details about how many providers are actually there versus how many should be. It's the federal government's official map of mental health deserts.