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/
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/
Do you have examples of questions that we could ask?
Yes. The National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers, and the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) have developed Minimum Data Set questions for their professions. Additionally, HRSA has developed MDS standards, and the WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington has archived a questionnaire library containing data collection…
How easy is it to get licensure boards to add or change questions?
This will vary from state to state. It is important to remain cognizant of a) the financial cost to the board to change online renewal questions; b) the time that it takes respondents to complete their licensure renewal form; and c) the need for comparability across time. Only request changes or additions when absolutely necessary….