Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A Page: 16
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EXHIBIT 3
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
DENTAL CARE HEALTH MANPOWER SHORTAGE AREAS IN TEXAS
DATA SOURCESColumn 1 -
Column 2 -
Column 3 -
Column 4 -
Column 5 -Column 6 -
COUNTY NUMBER - Three digit county code.
SERVICE AREA NUMBER - To differentiate from whole county
designations, service area numbers are assigned to multiple county
and subcounty designations. There are currently 16 service area
designations, including the following: 1 multiple county
designation (consisting of 2 whole counties designated as one
service area), 13 subcounty geographic area designations, and 2
population group designations. The service area numbers range
from 1 to 23. Listings are not included for service area numbers
8, 10, 11, 14-17 due to the removal of these areas from the
designation list.
COUNTY NAME/SERVICE AREA NAME - County name for all designations
and the service area name for multiple county and subcounty area
designations.
DEGREE OF SHORTAGE - Designated areas are assigned to one of four
degree-of-shortage groups based on the population to dentist ratio
and the presence or absence of unusually high needs for dental
care services. Group one represents areas with highest ratios,
group 4, the lowest.
HEALTH MANPOWER SHORTAGE AREA DESIGNATION TYPE - "Health manpower
shortage area" (HMSA) means any of the following which the
Department of Health and Human Services has determined to have a
shortage of primary care manpower:
1. a geographic area (whole county-WCO or part of a county-PT),
2. a population group (P GRP), or
3. a public or nonprofit private medical facility (FAC).
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS (NHSC) ASSIGNEES - The number of
NHSC dentists assigned to each HMSA.16
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Texas. Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A, report, 1985; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1586722/m1/116/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.