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State report: APRNs drive rural primary care growth while physician supply shows aging and regional gaps
Summary
A DHHS workforce report presented April 25 found rapid growth among APRNs in New Hampshire but warned that primary care physician supply is aging, the physician training pipeline is thin, and rural regions remain unevenly served.
State officials presented the New Hampshire Health Care Workforce report — data collected during state fiscal year 2022 — to the House Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on April 25, highlighting rapid growth in advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and persistent vulnerabilities in the primary care physician and dental workforces.
Danielle Hernandez, administrator of the Health Professions Data Center, said the center is moving to a consolidated dashboard for multi‑year workforce trend analysis and summarized net supply changes: APRNs showed a 42 percent net increase in licensed supply for the year, physicians rose modestly and dentists experienced a net loss (about 8 percent).
The nut graf: While APRNs and physician assistants are expanding access, especially in rural public health…
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