Access to Primary Care Providers

This layer displays the estimated number of all primary care physicians within 10, 25, or 50 miles of each census tract. Primary care physicians are those MDs or DOs specializing in family practice, general practice, pediatric medicine, or internal medicine. Physician directory and location data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician and Other Supplier 2012 Public Use File (PUF), which was released in April 2014, and from the 2013 CMS Physician Compare National Downloadable File. Additional data analysis was performed by CARES.

Locations of Primary Care Physicians

This layer displays the locations of all primary care physicians who accept Medicare. Primary care physicians are those MDs or DOs specializing in family practice, general practice, pediatric medicine, or internal medicine. Data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician and Other Supplier 2012 Public Use File (PUF), which was released in April 2014, and from the 2013 CMS Physician Compare National Downloadable File.

Access to Primary Care Providers

Layers display county-level information about the number and rate of physicians based on data from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2015-16 Area Health Resource File (AHRF).

500 Cities Project Data by City and Census Tract, 2015

Map data topics include preventative health, risk behaviors, and clinical care. Estimates from the 500 Cities Project are available at the state, city, and census tract level. Data representing year 2015 were released in December, 2017. For more map layers from this series, search the Map Room for the terms 500 Cities.

Locations of Primary Care Physicians

This layer displays the locations of all primary care physicians who accept Medicare. Primary care physicians are those MDs or DOs specializing in family practice, general practice, pediatric medicine, or internal medicine. Data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician and Other Supplier 2015 Public Use File (PUF), released in June 2017.

Locations of Mental Health Care Providers

This layer displays the location of mental health care providers (psychologists, psychiatrists, and licensed clinical social workers). Data are from the 2015 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Physician and Other Supplier Data CY 2015 Public Use File.

Locations of Primary Care Physicians

This layer displays the locations of all primary care physicians with a CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI). Primary care physicians are those MDs or DOs specializing in family practice, general practice, pediatric medicine, or internal medicine. Data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) March 2018 National Provider Identifier (NPI) downloadable file.

Locations of Addiction/Substance Abuse Providers

This layer displays the locations of all addiction or substance abuse providers with a CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI). Addiction or substance abuse providers include MDs, DOs, and other credentialed professionals specializing substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, addiction medicine, or providing methadone. Data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) March 2018 National Provider Identifier (NPI) downloadable file.