New data on the availability of providers that specialize in addiction or substance abuse treatment have been added to the reporting platform. Addiction or substance abuse providers include MDs, DOs, and other credentialed professionals specializing in substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, addiction medicine, or providing methadone. Reporting elements include the total number and rate of providers…
Data have been updated to the most recent 3-year period (2015-2017). Trend-over-time data is now available with this indicator!Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Premature Death
New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2016-2017 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED), replacing estimates from the previous school year. Trend-over-time is now available for this indicator!
New estimates for the 2016-2017 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2014-15 school year).
Data has been updated to the latest (August, 2019) version of the CMS NPPES database.
This indicator reports the number of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the community. This indicator is relevant because FQHCs are community assets that provide health care to vulnerable populations; they receive extra funding from the federal government to promote access to ambulatory care in areas designated as medically underserved.