Compendium of Federal Data Sources to Support Health Workforce Analysis
https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bhw/nchwa/HRSA_BHW_NCHWA_Compendium_of_Federal_Data_Sources_092017.pdf
I’m interested in allied health and administrative support workers. They’re not always licensed. How do you count them?
For those professions, it may be necessary to conduct surveys, or rely on other data sources such as professional associations or the BLS, noting limitations as appropriate.January 1, 2023
Area Health Resources Files
https://ahrf.hrsa.gov/
ASTHO SOP Toolkit
http://www.astho.org/ScopeofPracticeToolkit/
Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bls.gov/
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
https://innovation.cms.gov/
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
https://www.cms.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
https://www.cdc.gov/
Do I have to ask questions as recommended by the Minimum Data Set (MDS) or can I ask for other information?
The Minimum Data Set (MDS) provides guidelines for collecting basic, minimum, and consistent data on health professionals. These guidelines are not requirements, but they do provide suggestions so that data are collected in a way that is useful for research purposes and comparable across professions and states. Some states ask questions that go beyond the…
What states have implemented the MDS?
Many states are already collecting health workforce data, with a customized MDS in place to collect any additional data they need for health workforce planning. Some examples of states that are already collecting an MDS include North Carolina, Virginia, New York, Indiana, and Minnesota. For more information on which states are collecting data, visit our…