Potential Uses of PCSAs
This table presents potential national, state, and local uses of PCSA data, in addition to the advantages of PCSAs and the alternatives.

PCSA Data Users
Listing of agencies, organizations and others interested in or using PCSAs for research.

• The Regional Health Center for Health Workforce Studies (University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) mapped the overlay of primary health profession shortage area (HPSAs) and PCSAs.

Mapping Health Care Delivery for America's Children
The Mapping Health Care Delivery for America's Children Project is a collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics and the PCSA Project to develop unique data about children and pediatric care providers. The project addresses practical, "real-world" health issues at all levels by providing accurate information on the delivery of health care to children.

PCSA Publications

• Primary Care Service Areas: A New Tool for the Evaluation of Primary Care Services
  (Health Services Research. 2003;38:287-309)
  Primary Care Service Areas are a new tool for the measurement of primary care resources, utilization and associated outcomes. This is a preliminary version of an article published in Health Services Research as well as the complete citation information for the final version of the article as published in the print edition. If you would prefer the published version of the article, instructions for submitting your request to Blackwell are available here.
  
  
• The Pediatric Workforce: Current Status and Future Prospects
  (Pediatrics. 2005; 116:156-173)
  A technical report on characteristics and trends in the pediatric workforce. The report provides "a conceptual model of improvement in children's health and well-being."
  
  
• Where do Graduating Pediatric Residents Seek Practice Positions?
  (Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2005;5:4:228-234)
  A national survey of graduating pediatric physicians was conducted to analyze their job searches. The communities targeted for jobs were linked to local area characteristics using PCSAs.
  
  
• How Adults' Access to Outpatient Physician Services Relates to the Local Supply of Primary Care Physicians in the Rural Southeast
  (Health Services Research. 41(1):79-102, 2006 Feb.)
  This article examines how access to outpatient medical cares varies with local primary care physician densities across PCSAs in the rural Southeast. A telephone survey was conducted in 298 PCSAs within 150 rural counties in eight Southeastern states (4,311 adults).

If you cannot download an article, contact pcsa@dartmouth.edu to request a reprint.

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