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Healthcare Access

Scale55-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places with stronger practical access to hospitals, emergency departments, primary care, mental-health providers, dentists, and regional specialists.

Sources

Data behind the rating

11 sources

HRSA CMS Approved Facilities

Data as of April 15, 2026; HRSA refresh posted July 2, 2026
Data
Quarterly CMS Provider of Services institutional-facility locations and provider subtypes used to identify currently approved inpatient hospital sites.
What it tells us
Identifies approved short-term, critical-access, and children's inpatient hospital sites; it does not establish a particular service line, available bed, insurance network, wait time, or quality level.

CMS Hospital General Information

Retrieved June 26, 2026
Data
Hospital type, emergency-services flag, star rating, and outcome comparisons.
What it tells us
Adds a public quality signal for confidently matched hospitals.

CMS Provider of Services

Q2 2026 file dated April 1, 2026; published July 10 and modified July 16, 2026
Data
Quarterly hospital and other institutional-provider records, including the dedicated emergency-department service code used as current emergency-service evidence.
What it tells us
Confirms a current dedicated emergency-department code by exact provider ID and state; it does not establish live hours, diversion status, capacity, wait time, quality, or condition-specific capability.

2024-2025 Area Health Resources Files - Primary-Care Physicians

2024-2025 AHRF release; physician and population reference year 2023
Data
County counts of 2023 non-federal primary-care physicians in direct patient care, excluding hospital residents and physicians age 75 or older, paired with the AHRF 2023 county population estimate.
What it tells us
Shows county physician supply at recorded practice or business locations; it does not establish current appointment capacity, insurance acceptance, or service availability within the named municipality.

2026 County Health Rankings - Other Primary-Care Providers

Mostly 2025 provider data; March 25, 2026 release
Data
County counts and ratios of primary-care nurse practitioners and physician assistants, including the publisher's geospatial corrections.
What it tells us
Adds county NP/PA supply to the physician count; it does not establish whether a provider is active, accepting patients, or available to a particular household.

HRSA Health Center Service Delivery Sites

Current federal layer retrieved July 27, 2026
Data
Active permanent service-delivery and administrative/service-delivery sites in nonrestricted settings, with reported weekly hours, retained only when the exact state and Medicare billing number appear in the current CMS FQHC roster.
What it tells us
Identifies one conservative class of federally supported service sites; Form 5B permits a site to offer only oral or mental health care, so certification does not prove adult medical primary care at that exact site.

County Health Rankings - Mental Health Providers

2025 provider data; March 25, 2026 supplemental release
Data
The official measure definition and county counts for psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance-use treatment providers, and advanced-practice mental-health nurses registered in NPPES.
What it tells us
Measures broad county provider supply at recorded addresses; it does not establish active status, new-patient acceptance, capacity, insurance participation, or appointment access.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

March 25, 2026 release
Data
County provider counts and rates for primary, mental-health, and dental care.
What it tells us
Shows the local supply of everyday care providers.

HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas

Warehouse extract June 26, 2026
Data
Federal primary, dental, and mental-health shortage designations and severity.
What it tells us
Flags official workforce shortages that can make care harder to find.

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