Section 8B: Health Care Providers and Service Availability: Clinic, Imaging and Other Facilities - Chart Summaries

Below are summaries of the charts and graphs contained in the clinics, imaging and other facilities portion of Section 8B of the Minnesota Health Care Chartbook by page number. This chartbook was last updated in November 2024 and contains 19 pages. Pages without charts or graphs are not listed below.

Page 8 – Location of Primary Care and Specialty Care Clinics, 2023

• Two maps of the state, each showing the location of primary care and specialty care clinics.
• Number of Primary Care Clinics by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=85
  • Metro=251
  • Northeast=54
  • Northwest=33
  • South Central=39
  • Southeast=48
  • Southwest=46
  • West Central=43
• Number of Specialty Care Clinics by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=124
  • Metro=566
  • Northeast=66
  • Northwest=24
  • South Central=42
  • Southeast=43
  • Southwest=28
  • West Central=32
• Notes: Dots represent the number of clinics and does not account for patient population or number of practicing physicians. Primary Care includes general family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics; Specialty Care includes one or more non-primary care specialty.
• Source: MDH Health Economics Program analysis of the Physician Clinic Registry collected under Minnesota Statutes, Section 62U.02, October 2024.

Page 12 – Location of Diagnostic Imaging Center & Hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners (MRIs), 2023

• Two maps of the state, each showing the location of diagnostic imaging center MRIs and hospital MRIs.
• Number of Diagnostic Imaging Center MRIs by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=19
  • Metro=84
  • Northeast=12
  • Northwest=3
  • South Central=7
  • Southeast=32
  • Southwest=4
  • West Central=6
  • Statewide=167
• Number of Hospital MRIs by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=6
  • Metro=58
  • Northeast=7
  • Northwest=3
  • South Central=5
  • Southeast=14
  • Southwest=7
  • West Central=3
  • Statewide=103
• List of diagnostic imaging centers and hospital MRIs in each region available upon request.
• Source: MDH Health Economics Program analysis of data from the Diagnostic Imaging Facility Utilization Report and Hospital Annual Report, October 2024.

Page 14 – Location of Diagnostic Imaging Center Computed Tomography (CT), Other Advanced Imaging Scanners, 2023

• Two maps of the state, each showing the location of diagnostic imaging center and hospital CT and other advanced imaging scanners.
• Number of Diagnostic Imaging Center CT and Other Advanced Imaging by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=32
  • Metro=81
  • Northeast=11
  • Northwest=14
  • South Central=14
  • Southeast=18
  • Southwest=11
  • West Central=12
  • Statewide=193
• Number of Hospital CT and Other Advanced Imaging by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=26
  • Metro=118
  • Northeast=17
  • Northwest=12
  • South Central=13
  • Southeast=39
  • Southwest=22
  • West Central=7
  • Statewide=254
• List of diagnostic imaging centers and hospital CT and other advanced imaging scanners in each region available upon request.
• The term ‘other advanced imaging’ includes positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, and combination scanners.
• Source: MDH Health Economics Program analysis of data from the Diagnostic Imaging Facility Utilization Report and Hospital Annual Report, October 2024.

Page 16 – Location of Freestanding Outpatient Surgical Centers in Minnesota, 2023

• A map showing the location of freestanding outpatient surgical centers in the state.
• Number of Freestanding Surgical Centers by SCHSAC Region
  • Central=5
  • Metro=51
  • Northeast=6
  • Northwest=0
  • South Central=5
  • Southeast=2
  • Southwest=3
  • West Central=4
  • Statewide=86
• List of freestanding outpatient surgical centers in each region available upon request.
• Source: MDH Health Economics Program analysis of data from the Freestanding Outpatient Surgical Center Financial, Utilization, and Services Report, October 2024.

Page 17 – Number of Freestanding Outpatient Surgical Registrations in Minnesota

• A line chart trending the number of freestanding outpatient surgical registrations from 2010 to 2023 in the state.
• 2010=216.3 thousand
• 2011=223.9 thousand
• 2012=231.6 thousand
• 2013=231.4 thousand
• 2014=235.6 thousand
• 2015=255.8 thousand
• 2016=266.5 thousand
• 2017=272.1 thousand
• 2018=283.5 thousand
• 2019=293.8 thousand
• 2020=264.4 thousand
• 2021=306.6 thousand
• 2022=346.0 thousand
• 2023=363.5 thousand
• Source: MDH Health Economics Program analysis of data from the Freestanding Outpatient Surgical Center Financial, Utilization, and Services Report, November 2024.

Page 18 – Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) & 
State Community Health Services Advisory Committee Regions (SCHSAC)

• This slide shows two maps of Minnesota.
• The first shows the state divided into Rural-Urban Community Area codes, using four categories: isolated rural, small town rural, large rural city, and urban. Because these categories take into account community patterns, the areas around Minnesota cities such as Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, St. Cloud and Mankato, as well as non-Minnesota cities such as Fargo, Grand Forks and Sioux Falls, are also considered “urban” along with most Twin Cities suburbs.
• The second map shows State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC) regions. These are 8 county-based regions that are used to support community health activities in the state.

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