DOI: 10.7910/dvn/mwngdp
title: Extracted Data From: Area Health Resources Files

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If you have questions about the underlying data stored here, please contact [Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) at NCHWAInquiries@hrsa.gov]. If you have questions or recommendations related to this metadata entry and extracted data, please contact the CAFE Data Management team at: climatecafe@bu.edu.
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&lt;blockquote&gt;"This dataset provides current as well as historic data for more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation’s counties, as well as state and national data. It contains information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition, the basic file contains geographic codes and descriptors which enable it to be linked to many other files and to aggregate counties into various geographic groupings. The Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) data are designed to be used by planners, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the nation’s health care delivery system and factors that may impact health status and health care in the United States. The AHRF data includes county, state, and national-level files in eight broad areas: Health Care Professions, Health Facilities, Population Characteristics, Economics, Health Professions Training, Hospital Utilization, Hospital Expenditures, and Environment. The AHRF data are obtained from more than 60 sources. The AHRF has county, state, and national level files from the HRSA, Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW), National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) available for download." &lt;/blockquote&gt;[Quote from https://data.hrsa.gov/data/download]
description: This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information.

Area Health Resources Files data was downloaded by Ariel Chamberlain on 2025-05-15.
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