HPSA Designation
Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) are geographic areas, populations and facilities with limited health care professionals in primary care, behavioral health and dental health services. The federal government designates HPSAs using data from different sources to identify communities with the greatest health care needs in Oregon and distributes funding to those areas that helps to recruit and retain health care professionals.
The PCO partners with health facilities and communities to submit designation applications to the federal government, which reviews and approves shortage designations. The PCO works on three types of shortage designations:
- Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA)
- Medically Underserved Areas (MUA)
- Medically Underserved Populations (MUP)
Resources
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HPSA Maps
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HPSA Find - Search for data on the geographic, population and facility HPSA designations in Oregon and throughout the United States. You can search for location or HPSA ID number and filter HPSAs by discipline, status, type, score and rural status