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Posted 10/25/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a new report to Congress on access to obstetric care in rural communities. GAO found that the number of rural hospitals providing obstetric services declined from 2004 through 2018. By 2018 more than half of rural counties lacked OB services. OB closures were focused in rural counties that were sparsely populated, had a majority of Black residents, and were considered low income. GAO interviewed stakeholders to identify the most important factors affecting availability of OB care and the efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase availability of services.
Posted 6/2/2023 (updated 3/27/2024)
Behavioral health care encompasses a wide variety of interventions delivered by many different types of providers. Although there is a call for expanding direct or indirect behavioral health service systems to care for those affected, in the U.S., nearly all these providers are in short supply.
Posted 7/14/2023 (updated 3/28/2024)
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) provides an overview of programs states have implemented to address or mitigate workforce shortages. The report describes programs across various stages of education, including K-12, community college, and undergraduate programs.
Posted 5/11/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Behavioral health integration, or BHI, requires that the health and mental health systems are organized through integrated care models that address the full spectrum of health needs.
Posted 5/12/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis informs public and private-sector decision-making related to the health workforce by expanding and improving health workforce data, disseminating workforce data to the public, improving and updating projections of the supply and demand for health workers, and conducting analyses of issues important to the health workforce.