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- Minnesota's Physician Assistant Workforce 2011 (PDF: 2 pgs/270 KB - April 2013)
- Minnesota's Respiratory Therapist Workforce 2012 (PDF: 2 pgs/111 KB - February 2013)
- Geographic Distribution of Minnesota Physicians, by Specialty (PDF: 21 pgs/496 KB - January 2013)
- Issue Brief: Rural Hospital System Growth and Consolidation (12 pgs/282 KB - January 2013)
- Trauma System Report, FY2011 (PDF: 29 pgs/521 KB - November 2012)
- Minnesota's Registered Nurse Workforce, 2009-2010 (PDF: 2 pgs/191 KB - August 2012)
- Community Clinic Grant Program: Report to the Legislature 2012 (PDF: 13 pgs/871 KB - July 2012)
- Health Care Needs Assessment: White Earth Nation Members and Other American Indians in the Twin Cities (PDF: 94 pgs/797 KB - February 2012)
- Health Status of Rural Minnesotans - updated (PDF: 93 pgs/2.5 MB - November 2011)
- Dental Assistant Workforce Fact Sheet 2008-2009 (PDF: 2 pgs/168 KB - August 2011)
- Dentist Workforce in Minnesota, 2009-2010 (PDF: 2 pgs/187 KB - May 2011)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, 2010 (PDF: 22 pgs/581 KB - April 2011)
- General Surgery in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 48 pgs/670 KB - March 2011)
- Telemental Health in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 61 pgs/879 KB - July 2010)
- Minnesota's Dental Hygienist Workforce Fact Sheet (PDF: 2 pgs/34 KB - May 2010)
- Community Clinic Grant Program Report to the Minnesota Legislature 2010 (PDF: 11 pgs/223 KB - March 2010)
- Physical Therapist Assistants, Minnesota Fact Sheet 2010 (PDF: 2 pgs/33 KB - March 2010)
- Minnesota Physician Assistants Facts and Data 2009 (PDF: 10 pgs/58 KB - January 2010)
- Distribution of Physician Specialties in Minnesota (PDF: 16 pgs/97 KB - November 2009)
- Minnesota's Respiratory Care Practitioner Workforce (PDF: 2 pgs/61 KB - October 2009)
- Minnesota Physicians Facts and Data 2008 (PDF: 18 pgs/261 KB - October 2009)
- Minnesota Physician Workforce Geography (PDF: 16 pgs/166 KB - July 2009)
- Minnesota's Physical Therapist Workforce (PDF: 2 pgs/42 KB - June 2009)
- Minnesota's Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce - 2008 (PDF: 41KB/2pgs - April 2009)
- Oral Health Practitioner Recommendations (PDF: 118 pgs/3 MB - January 2009)
- Health Workforce Shortage Study (PDF: 49 pgs/292KB - January 2009)
- Minnesota's Registered Dental Assistants 2006-2007 (PDF:73KB/6pgs - January 2009)
- Minnesota's Dentists 2008 (PDF:97KB/10pgs - January 2009)
- Rural Health Care: New Delivery Model Recommendations (PDF: 42 pgs/247 KB - January 2009)
- Minnesota's Registered Nurses Facts and Data 2008 (PDF: 238KB/10 pages - November 2008)
- Minnesota's Dental Hygienists Facts and Data 2006-07 (PDF: 8 pages/85KB - November 2008)
- Minnesota Rural Health Plan (PDF: 133 pgs/5MB - November 2008)
- Financial Status of Minnesota's CAHs: Successes, Challenges, Needs and Recommendations (PDF: 14 pgs/104 KB - August 2008)
- Minnesota's Health Workforce: Physician Assistants 2007 (PDF: 153 KB/5 pages - June 2008)
- Minnesota's Health Workforce: Physicians 2007 (PDF: 205KB / 8 pages - June 2008)
- Language Access Services in Critical Access Hospitals for Patients with Limited English Proficiency in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 45 pgs/223 KB - March 2008)
- Community Collaborative Grant Program: Community Initiatives to Cover the Uninsured and Underinsured (PDF: 57 pgs/385 KB - February 2008)
- Community Clinic Grant Program (PDF:12 pgs/273 KB - January 2008)
- Greater Minnesota Health Professional Demand Survey 2008 (PDF: 76KB/8pgs - January 2008)
- Greater Minnesota Health Professional Demand Survey 2007 (PDF: 74KB/8pgs - December 2007)
- Health Care Reform: Addressing the Needs of Rural Minnesotans (PDF: 28 pgs/406 KB - October 2007)
- Minnesota's Physicians Facts and Data 2006 (PDF: 205KB / 7 pages - September 2007)
- Minnesota Telehealth Inventory 2007 (PDF 27 pgs/411KB - August 2007)
- Retaining Rural Nurses: Midwestern Summit on Retaining and Making Best use of the Older More Experienced Rural Registered Nurse (PDF: 28 pgs 103 KB - August 2007)
- Minnesota's Health Workforce Respiratory Care Practitioners, 2006 (PDF: 124 KB/2 pages - August 2007)
- Minnesota's Health Workforce: Physician Assistants 2006 (PDF: 118 KB/2 pages - August 2007)
- Bringing Health Care to the Heartland: An Evaluation of Minnesota's Loan Forgiveness Programs for Select Health Care Occupations (executive summary) (PDF: 5 pgs/5 KB - April 2007)
- Bringing Health Care to the Heartland: An Evaluation of Minnesota's Loan Forgiveness Programs for Select Health Care Occupations (full report) (PDF: 50 pgs/1 MB - April 2007)
- Greater Minnesota Health Professional Demand Survey 2006 (PDF: 69KB/6pgs - March 2007)
- Minnesota Pharmacies and Pharmacy Workforce 2005 (PDF:78KB/9pgs - March 2007)
- Swing Bed Usage and Access to Post Acute Care in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 29 pgs 436KB - January 2007)
- Minnesota Physical Therapists Facts and Data - 2006 (PDF: 76KB/5pgs - November 2006)
- Creating Healthy Communities for an Aging Population (full report) (PDF: 19 pgs 129 KB - May 2006)
- Creating Healthy Communities for an Aging Population (executive summary) (PDF: 1 pg 16 KB - May 2006)
- Physician Assistants: Minnesota Demographics 2005 (PDF: 71KB/6pages - May 2006)
- Minnesota Health Professional Demand Survey: 2005 Vacancy Rates for Physicians Advanced Practice and Mental Health Providers (PDF: 80KB/10 pages - May 2006)
- Profile of Minnesota Dental Assistants - 2005 (PDF: 4 pages/59KB - April 2006)
- Overview of Minnesota Health Care Employment (PDF: 74KB/7pages - April 2006)
- Minnesota Physical Therapists Facts and Data - 2005 (PDF: 69KB/6pgs - March 2006)
- Minnesota Respiratory Care Practitioners Facts and Data 2005 (PDF: 69 KB/5 pages - March 2006)
- Profile of Minnesota Dental Hygienists - 2005 (PDF: 5 pages/65KB - November 2005)
- Profile of Minnesota Dentists - 2005 (PDF: 7 pages/71KB - November 2005)
- Occupational Therapists: Minnesota Demographics 2005 (PDF: 53 KB/3 pages - November 2005)
- Demographics of Physicians Nurses and Dentists: Urban-Rural Comparisons of Minnesota's Health Care Workforce (PDF: 84 KB/7 pages - November 2005)
- Healthy Aging Communities Dimensions (PDF: 2pgs/41KB - October 2005)
- Healthy Aging Communities: Local Public Health Role (PDF: 2pgs/367KB - October 2005)
- Healthy Aging Community Models (PDF: 2pgs/28KB - October 2005)
- Healthy Aging and Chronic Disease (PDF: 2pgs/37KB - October 2005)
- 2004 Geographic Distribution of Minnesota Physicians (PDF: 62 KB/6 pages - October 2005)
- Comparing Minnesota's Health Professionals 2004 (PDF: 67 KB/4 pages - October 2005)
- Demographics of an Aging Population (PDF: 2pgs/129KB - October 2005)
- Minnesota Flex Program Evaluation: Critical Access Hospital Administrator Survey (executive summary) (PDF: 4 pgs/122KB - June 2005)
- Minnesota Flex Program Evaluation: Critical Access Hospital Administrator Survey (PDF: 12 pgs 155 KB - May 2005)
- Mental Health and Primary Care in Rural Minnesota: Information at a Glance (PDF: 10 pgs/205K - January 2005)
- Mental Health and Primary Care in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 114 pgs 877KB - January 2005)
- Health and Well-being of Rural Minnesotans: A Minnesota Rural Health Status Report (PDF: 44 pgs 3 MB - January 2005)
- A Profile of Minnesota Clinical Laboratory Employment and Operations (PDF: 27 pgs 209KB - January 2005)
- Minnesota Health Workforce Demand Assessment 2003 (PDF: 209 KB/28 pages - August 2004)
- Evaluation of The Use of Midlevel Practitioners in Staffing Emergency Departments in Critical Access Versus Non-Critical Access Hospitals in Minnesota (PDF: 16 pgs/57KB - March 2004)
- Minnesota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: Program Evaluation Year 3 (PDF: 85 pgs 1MB - December 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Pharmacies (PDF: 7 pgs 291KB - October 2003)
- Profile of Pharmacies in Rural Minnesota (PDF: 7 pgs 291KB - October 2003)
- In Their Own Voices: Registered Nurses' Observations on the Nursing Profession (PDF: 4 pgs 2317KB - September 2003)
- CALS - Central Minnesota Site Visit 2003 (PDF: 4 pgs 205KB - September 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Hospice Services (PDF: 7 pgs 293KB - June 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Nursing Homes (PDF: 9 pgs 148KB - May 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Rural Ambulance Services (PDF: 5 pgs 59KB - April 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers (PDF: 9 pgs 188KB - April 2003)
- Workforce Demographics for Minnesota Dentists (PDF: 1 page/54KB - April 2003)
- Minnesota Rural Health Profiles - Rural Hospitals (PDF: 8 pgs 169KB - April 2003)
- Findings from the Minnesota Pharmacy Vacancy Survey (PDF: 2 Pgs 63KB - April 2003)
- Findings from the Minnesota Registered Nurse Workforce Survey (PDF: 24 pgs 237KB - January 2003)
- A Quiet Crisis: Minnesota's Rural Ambulance Services at Risk (full report) (PDF: 139 pgs 2.25MB - December 2002)
- A Quiet Crisis: Minnesota's Rural Ambulance Services at Risk (executive summary) (PDF: 11 pgs 44KB - December 2002)
- Minnesota Nursing Student Profile (PDF: 56KB/4 Pgs - April 2002)
- Minnesota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program: Program Evaluation Second Interim Report (PDF: 5 pgs 291 KB - April 2002)
- Physician Workforce Profile (PDF: 2MB/7 pages - February 2002)
- Dentist Workforce Profile (PDF: 8 pages/189KB - February 2002)
- Physical Therapist Workforce Fact Sheet (PDF: 2 Pgs 44KB - February 2002)
- Licensed Practical Nurse Workforce Profile (PDF: 95KB/29 Pgs - December 2001)
- Magnet Hospitals: A Positive Approach to Minnesota's Nursing Shortage (PDF: 29 pgs 95 KB - December 2001)
- Senior Health Care Services in Rural Minnesota: A Systems Approach Report (PDF: 134 pgs 8 MB - November 2001)
- Pharmacist Workforce Profile (PDF: 11 Pgs 288KB - September 2001)
- Registered Nurse Workforce Profile (PDF: 4 Pgs 58KB - February 2001)
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