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Area Resource File
STIPULATIONS FOR USE: This data is only available for use by PENN STATE researchers.
DATA USE AGREEMENT AS OF MARCH 2006
DESCRIPTION: The Bureau of Health Professions Area Resource File (ARF) is a county-unit database with over 6,000 data elements for each county in the U.S., with the exception of Alaska for which there is a state total, and certain independent cities which have been combined into their appropriate counties. Altogether, there are a total of 3,080 records on the file. The purpose of the ARF is to summarize data from many sources into a single file to facilitate health analysis. The data elements include in part: (1). County descriptor (Name, FIPS, HSA, PSRO, SMSA, SEA, BEA, city size, (P)MSA, Census Contiguous County, shortage area designation, etc., codes). (2). Health Professions data (M.D., D.O., DDS, Veterinarians, Pharmacists, Optometrists, Podiatrists, R.N., L.P.N., and Dental Hygienists). (3). Health Facility data (hospital size, type, utilization, staffing and services; Nursing home data). (4). Population data (size, composition, employment, housing, morbidity, natality, mortality by cause, by sex and race, and by age; crime data). (5). Health Professions Training data (training programs, enrollments, and graduates by type). (6). Expenditure data (Hospital expenditures, Medicare enrollments, and reimbursements, Medicare prevailing charge data). (7). Economic data (Total, per capita, and median income; income distribution, and AFDC recipients). (8). Environment data (Land area, large animal population, elevation, latitude and longitude of population centroid, water hardness index, and climate data).
Proper ARF Citation: Health Resources and Services Administration,
Bureau of Health Professions, Area Resource File (ARF) System, (Fairfax, VA:
Quality Resource Systems, Inc., Date of Release). See the CD-ROM or ask the
Data Archivist for the date of release.