Research Studies and Reports
Area Resource File (ARF)
The Area Resource File is is a National County-level Health Resource Information Database, culled from a collection of data from more than 50 sources, including: American Medical Association, American Hospital Association, US Census Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Center for Health Statistics.
http://www.arfsys.com/
California HealthCare Foundation
CHCF has published reports on various health care workforce issues, with a focus on nursing issues.
http://chcf.org/topics/index.cfm?topic=CL120
The Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco
The Center houses the Center for California Health Workforce Studies, as well as the Allied and Auxiliary Health Care Workforce Project, the California Workforce Initiative, Health Workforce Tracking Collaborative, and various workforce leadership programs. The Center focuses its efforts on understanding the challenges faced by the health care workforce and developing publications, programs, and resources that address those challenges.
http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/publications/i...
Labor Management Institute
LMI publishes several interesting annual surveys including the PSS Annual Survey of Hours and Perspectives on Staffing & Scheduling.
http://71.39.108.170/LMI/
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Foundation sponsors research and publications with regard to health workforce issues. Most publications are available, free of charge, on their website.
http://www.rwjf.org/portfolios/interestarea.jsp...
Urban Institute
A think tank focusing on economic and social policy research, UI occasionally conducts research on health care workforce issues.
http://search.urban.org/texis/search?dropXSL=&p...
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