Bureau of Health Professions Area Resource File, 1940-1995: [United States] (ICPSR 6897)

Version Date: Sep 18, 2013

Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration. Bureau of Health Professions

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06897.v1

Version V1

This version of the data collection is no longer distributed by ICPSR.

Additional information may be available in Collection Notes.

(1) Historic information is carried on each new release of the Area Resource File for all years in the case of general data, such as the number of short-term general hospitals, and for only certain points in time in the case of more detailed information, such as physician specialty data by major professional activity. The extent to which particular historic data are maintained is dependent on the space available as well as on the need for particular types of data by the Bureau and other users. Data across different Area Resource Files may be linked by referring to the variables' field reference ("F") numbers. (2) Due to cost constraints, ICPSR will no longer distribute this data collection. These data are available for purchase from Quality Resource Systems, Inc., at 703-352-7393.

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Summary

The Bureau of Health Professions Area Resource File is a county-based data file summarizing secondary data from a wide variety of sources to facilitate health analysis. This 1996 release of the Area Resource File contains over 6,000 data elements for all counties in the United States with the exception of Alaska, for which there is a state total, and certain independent cities that have been combined into their appropriate counties. The data elements include: (1) County descriptor codes (name, FIPS, HSA, PSRO, SMSA, SEA, BEA, city size, Census Contiguous County, shortage area designation, 1994 Primary/Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and 1995 Rural/Urban Continuum Codes, etc.), (2) Health professions data (number of professionals registered as M.D., D.O., D.D.S., R.N., L.P.N., veterinarian, pharmacist, optometrist, podiatrist, and dental hygienist, along with critical shortage codes, 1994 physicians by specialty, and major professional activity), (3) Health facility data (hospital size, type, utilization, staffing and services, nursing home data, and HMO enrollment for 1976 through 1994), (4) Utilization data (rate, inpatient days, outpatient visits, and surgical operations), (5) Population data (size, composition, employment, education, housing, morbidity, natality, and mortality by cause, sex, race, and age), (6) Economic data (total income, per capita income, median income, income distribution, and AFDC recipients), (7) Health professions training data (training programs, enrollments, and graduates by type), (8) Expenditure data (hospital expenditures, Medicare enrollments and reimbursements, and Medicare prevailing charge data), and (9) Environment data (land area, large animal population, elevation, latitude and longitude of population centroid, water hardness index, and climate data).

Citation

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Health Resources and Services Administration. Bureau of Health Professions. Bureau of Health Professions Area Resource File, 1940-1995:  [United States]. [distributor], 2013-09-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06897.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Restrictions

Under the terms of a contract with the data provider, these data are for the sole use of ICPSR member institutions. Data may not be sold to nonmember institutions nor shared among other ICPSR member institutions. Individuals at institutions that are not members of ICPSR may purchase these data directly from Quality Resources, Inc., Fairfax, VA.

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Time Period(s)

1940 -- 1995

Date of Collection

1996-02

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) Historic information is carried on each new release of the Area Resource File for all years in the case of general data, such as the number of short-term general hospitals, and for only certain points in time in the case of more detailed information, such as physician specialty data by major professional activity. The extent to which particular historic data are maintained is dependent on the space available as well as on the need for particular types of data by the Bureau and other users. Data across different Area Resource Files may be linked by referring to the variables' field reference ("F") numbers. (2) Due to cost constraints, ICPSR will no longer distribute this data collection. These data are available for purchase from Quality Resource Systems, Inc., at 703-352-7393.

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Data Source

publications and health records

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1997-05-16

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions. BUREAU OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AREA RESOURCE FILE, 1940-1995: [UNITED STATES]. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Data Analysis and Management [producer], 1996. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06897.v1
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