Exhibit 39
Upper East Texas Counties without a Without a Hospital and Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas, 2007
Four of the region’s 23 counties — Delta, Marion, Morris and Rains — have no hospitals.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated seven of the region’s 23 counties as having a shortage of primary health care providers including primary care doctors, dentists and mental health professionals.
These counties are:
- Delta
- Marion
- Morris
- Panola
- Rains
- Red River
- Upshur
Source: Texas Department of State Health Services.
For more information on this exhibit, please contact the Comptroller’s Data Services Division at 512-463-4900 or at P.O. Box 13528, Austin, Texas 78711-3528.