How the NHSC Provides Primary Care to Those Who Need it Most

From Alaska to New York City, the National Health Service Corps serves patients in communities with limited access to health care. Many people live in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), which means they go without essential health services or have to travel long distances to see a primary health care provider.

Today, nearly 9,600 primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers are working nationwide at NHSC-approved sites in rural areas, in the most distressed inner-city neighborhoods, and in small towns in the frontier west.

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