Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) &
Medically Underserved Area (MUA) Designations

Federal Health Care Shortage Designations include HPSAs, MUAs, and MUPs, as described below.

The Shortage Designation Branch in the HRSA Bureau of Health Professions National Center for Health Workforce Analysis develops shortage designation criteria and uses them to decide if a geographic area or population group is a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), a Medically Underserved Area (MUA), or a Medically Underserved Population (MUP).

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) generally have shortages of primary care, dental, or mental health providers.  They may be urban or rural areas, specific population groups, or medical or other public facilities.

Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) may be an entire county or group of contiguous counties, a group of county or civil divisions, or a group of urban census tracts in which residents have a shortage of personal health services. 

Medically Underserved Populations (MUPs) may include specific groups of people who face economic, cultural, or linguistic barriers to health care.

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) currently handles these designations for Indiana. 

Maps of Indiana's HPSA and MUA designations

Type of Document	PDF Download
IN MUA / MUP Map	Download
IN Dental HPSA Details	Download
IN Dental HPSA Map	Download
IN Mental Health HPSA Details	Download
IN Mental Health HPSA Map	Download
IN Primary Care HPSA Details	Download
IN Primary Care HPSA Map	Download

For more information, please visit http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/ or contact:

Patrick Durkin
Indiana State Department of Health
Office:  (317) 233-7846 
pdurkin@isdh.in.gov