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Published September 14, 2020 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is the primary U.S. federal agency for improving health care through its 90-plus programs and more than 3000 grantees to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable. This Special Collection comprises articles related to HRSA programs, recipients, and partners that examine a variety of health research and policy matters.

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Fig 1. Distribution of chief complaint by network. by Heppner et al., CC BY 4.0

PLOS ONE HRSA’s evidence-based tele-emergency network grant program: Multi-site prospective cohort analysis across six rural emergency department telemedicine networks
January 12, 2021 Sarah Heppner, Nicholas M. Mohr, Knute D. Carter, Fred Ullrich, Kimberly A. S. Merchant, Marcia M. Ward

Background: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) funded the…
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PLOS ONE Determinants of rural-urban differences in health care provider visits among women of reproductive age in the United States
December 10, 2020 Hyunjung Lee, Ashley H. Hirai, Ching-Ching Claire Lin, John E. Snyder
PLOS ONE Assessing clinical quality performance and staffing capacity differences between urban and rural Health Resources and Services Administration-funded health centers in the United States: A cross sectional study
December 8, 2020 Nadereh Pourat, Xiao Chen, Connie Lu, Weihao Zhou, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana
PLOS ONE Examining trends in substance use disorder capacity and service delivery by Health Resources and Services Administration-funded health centers: A time series regression analysis
November 30, 2020 Nadereh Pourat, Brenna O’Masta, Xiao Chen, Connie Lu, Weihao Zhou, Marlon Daniel, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana

Background: The opioid epidemic and subsequent mortality is a national concern in the U.S. The burden of this problem is disproportionately…
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10.1371/journal.pone.0237314

PLOS ONE Regional variation in Black infant mortality: The contribution of contextual factors
August 11, 2020 Veni Kandasamy, Ashley H. Hirai, Jay S. Kaufman, Arthur R. James, Milton Kotelchuck
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10.1371/journal.pone.0236019

PLOS ONE Impact of health information technology optimization on clinical quality performance in health centers: A national cross-sectional study
July 15, 2020 Robert Baillieu, Hank Hoang, Alek Sripipatana, Suma Nair, Sue C. Lin
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10.1371/journal.pone.0231243

PLOS ONE Mental health status among women of reproductive age from underserved communities in the United States and the associations between depression and physical health. A cross-sectional study
April 8, 2020 Sue C. Lin, Nadra Tyus, Maura Maloney, Bonnie Ohri, Alek Sripipatana
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10.1371/journal.pone.0231050

PLOS ONE Newborn screening timeliness quality improvement initiative: Impact of national recommendations and data repository
April 2, 2020 Marci K. Sontag, Joshua I. Miller, Sarah McKasson, Ruthanne Sheller, Sari Edelman, Careema Yusuf, Sikha Singh, Deboshree Sarkar, Joseph Bocchini, Joan Scott, Jelili Ojodu, Yvonne Kellar-Guenther
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10.1371/journal.pone.0230211

PLOS ONE Addressing maternal depression in home visiting: Findings from the home visiting collaborative improvement and innovation network
April 16, 2020 Darius Tandon, Mary Mackrain, Linda Beeber, Nancy Topping-Tailby, Marcy Raska, MaryCatherine Arbour
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10.1371/journal.pone.0231443

PLOS ONE The geographic alignment of primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas with markers for social determinants of health
April 24, 2020 Robin A. Streeter, John E. Snyder, Hayden Kepley, Anne L. Stahl, Tiandong Li, Michelle M. Washko

Policy Forum Articles

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10.1371/journal.pmed.1003057

PLOS Medicine Addressing disparities in the health of persons with HIV attributable to unstable housing in the United States: The role of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
March 2, 2020 Amy Griffin, Antigone Dempsey, Wendy Cousino, Latham Avery, Harold Phillips, Emeka Egwim, Laura Cheever

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