Are there any designated medically underserved areas (MUAs) or medically underserved populations (MUPs)?
Medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs) denote shortages in primary care. County, community, or health officials collect the required data and submit requests to the Health Resources and Services Administration (http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/index.htm). MUAs and MUPs are eligible to participate in numerous state and Federal programs for improving health services in these designated areas. The first step in the MUA designation process is delineation of the “service area” by the entity submitting the application. The service area may be a whole county in a non-metropolitan area; groups of contiguous counties, minor civil divisions, or census county divisions in non-metropolitan areas provided population centers are within 30 minutes travel time, or a group of census tracts in a metropolitan area that exhibits similar socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Second, the Health Resources and Services Administration uses the Index of Medical Und
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