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 Primary Health Care Association is currently under contract with the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to handle these designations for Indiana. 

Maps of Indiana's HPSA and MUA designations

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

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

Natalie Brown, MPH
Shortage Designations and National Health Service Corps Program Director

Indiana Primary Health Care Association
429 N. Pennsylvania St., Ste 333
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Ph: (317) 630-0845 / Fax: (317) 630-0849
nbrown@indianapca.org   http://www.indianapca.org