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Resources by Topic: Health workforce supply and demand

South Carolina By the Numbers: The SC Hospital Association Data Portal
Interactive report providing hospital quality of care metrics and county-by-county data on population health, health behaviors, and demographics in South Carolina. Provides statistics on health status, population and demographics, health workforce supply, broadband access, mental health, poverty, food environment, smoking, and more.
Sponsoring organization: South Carolina Hospital Association
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Behavioral Health Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the behavioral health workforce between 2017 and 2021. Uses 2017-2021 IQVIA Xponent retail prescription data to identify prescribers of behavioral health medications and state licensure data from 2020 and 2021 to identify licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Kentucky County Data Profiles
Dashboard providing interactive charts and graphs on a variety of topics by county for Kentucky. Covers healthcare, housing, broadband access, economics, workforce, agriculture, and more. Healthcare-specific topics include employment, providers, obesity, smoking, uninsured population, and physical activity.
Sponsoring organization: Blueprint Kentucky
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State of Georgia Health Care Workforce Dashboard
Provides maps of the county-by-county distribution of physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dentists, and dental hygienists in Georgia. Displays county and state workforce totals and availability as well as demographic information such as age and gender distribution of healthcare workers, and allows sorting of data by metropolitan and nonmetropolitan statistical area. Utilizes data from the Georgia Board of Healthcare Workforce and U.S. census.
Sponsoring organization: Georgia Data Analytics Center (GDAC)
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Medicaid Primary Care Workforce Tracker
Interactive tool presenting state and county-level data on the primary care workforce providing healthcare to Medicaid enrollees. Uses data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) from 2016-2021 to identify primary care clinicians who saw Medicaid beneficiaries each year.
Sponsoring organization: Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
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Indiana Registered Nurse Workforce Dashboards
An interactive dashboard that provides data on Indiana's nursing workforce, including overall workforce trends, county-level and rural versus urban supply trends, demographic information, education, employment, and more.
Sponsoring organization: Bowen Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy
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Supply and Distribution Tables for State-Licensed Health Professions in Texas
Provides yearly fact sheets and supply and distribution tables for a variety of health professions in Texas, including advanced practice registered nurses, certified nurse aides, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, registered nurses, physician assistants, and primary care physicians, among others. Fact sheets include comparisons of metro versus nonmetro and border versus non-border county population-to-provider ratios.
Additional links: Health Profession Fact Sheets, Health Profession Supply
Sponsoring organization: Texas Health and Human Services
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Nebraska's Multi-Regional Nursing Workforce Model: Main Findings 2017-2025
Provides data and projections of Nebraska's nursing workforce by region, with information on supply and demand, shortages, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), and more. Includes county-level map of Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) in Nebraska.
Sponsoring organizations: Nebraska Center for Nursing, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Bureau of Health Workforce Field Strength and Students and Trainees Dashboards
Data tools and information related to the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program participants. Allows users to access subsets of data by filtering on various program, location, shortage designation, and site attributes, including rural location. Offers insight into disciplines and school locations of future clinicians preparing to serve in shortage areas across the country.
Sponsoring organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
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Specialty Physician Supply and Demand Tool
Offers a method for generating reports and maps demonstrating state and county physician supply and demand by specialty including family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, cardiology, neurology, and psychiatry.
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Rural Health Works
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