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Compendium of Federal Data Sources to Support Health Workforce Analysis

Posted 5/12/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (National Center) has reviewed existing surveys and sources of data and assessed the information that each can provide on the supply, utilization, access, need, and/or demand for health workers. 
This compendium provides a summary of 37 Federal data sources that, while not established specifically to collect or present health workforce data, can be used to support health workforce analysis. The compendium is designed to help those interested in the health workforce to understand how these sources could be used for health workforce analysis. 

For each data source, this compendium provides the following: 

  • Lead federal agency
  • Website
  • Description of data source
  • Relevance for health workforce analysis
  • Geographical detail
  • Availability

For more information about the National Center, please visit the Center’s website at https://bhw.hrsa.gov/health-workforce-analysis or email the Center at healthworkforcecenter@hrsa.gov.