National Center for Health Workforce Analysis

Other Tools and Resources

The ARF is a database containing more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties. ARF contains information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition, the basic file contains geographic codes and descriptors which enable it to be linked to many other files and to aggregate counties into various geographic groupings.

Health Resources County Comparison Tool (HRCCT)

The Health Resources County Comparison Tool (HRCCT) is intended to enable local health planners, administrators and researchers to compare health status indicators and available health resources for their county (or county equivalents) to peer counties nationwide. Peer counties are those that are similar in population size, density, age distribution, and poverty.

Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC)

The Health Workforce Information Center (HWIC) provides free access to the most recent resources on the nation’s health workforce in one easy-to-use online location. Resources available through HWIC’s Web site will help health providers, educators, researchers and policymakers around the nation develop strategies to meet future workforce demands.

National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN)

NSSRN is the largest survey of registered nurses in the U.S. The survey is sent to a small percentage of the actively-licensed registered nurses in each state. Nurses are asked to report on their education, employment, intentions regarding nursing work, and demographics. These data are used to assess the status and trends in the U.S. nursing workforce.