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In order to make health care more accessible for the 60 million residents of rural America, HRSA funds programs that integrate and streamline existing rural health care institutions and aid in the recruitment and retention of physicians in rural hospitals and clinics. HRSA's telehealth program uses information technology to link isolated rural ...
HRSA is the lead federal agency responsible for monitoring and improving historically scarce health care services for 60 million people living in rural areas. In financial year 2008, HRSA invested $175 million to improve health care in rural America, where access to medical services is often limited.
The Bureau of Health Workforce is a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. HRSA programs train health care professionals and place them where they are needed most. Grants support scholarship and loan repayment programs at colleges and universities to meet ...
The HRSA reviews these applications to determine if they meet the criteria for designation, and then scores them for primary care and mental health (on a scale of 0–25) and dental health (0–26), higher scores indicating greater need. State Primary Care Offices (PCOs) submit applications to HRSA for most shortage designations in their state.
In 2008, the Health Care Safety Net Act reauthorized the health centers program for four years with the expectation of expanding the program by 50% over the time period. [5] In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) appropriated $2 billion for investment in health center expansion. [5]
Federal health center grants for public agencies are capped at 5% under Section 330 of the US Public Health Service Act (as of 2022), though the rationale for this limit is unclear. [15] Publicly operated FQHCs, accounting for 7% of all FQHCs, serve 1.8 million patients and receive 5% of federal health center grants. These entities include ...
Rural areas within the U.S. have been found to have a lower life expectancy than urban areas by approximately 2.4 years. [17] Rural U.S. populations are at a greater risk of mortality due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke, as well as unintentional injuries such as automobile accidents and opioid overdoses compared to urban ...
The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHSCC; also referred to as the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service) [10] [11] is the uniformed service branch of the United States Public Health Service and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States (along with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, and NOAA ...