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Associate Links

Division of Nursing (HRSA)
Funding Allocation Project

Methodology-Background Information

Phase II

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Access and Experiences Regarding Medical Care.U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Fall 2000.

Disparities in Health Care. AHRQ. Focus on Health Care.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Gauging the labor force effects of retiring baby-boomers. Monthly Labor Review July 2000. Volume 123. No 7. Arlene Dohm.

Health Technologists, Technicians, and Healthcare Support Occupations. February 2002. Bulletin 2540-9.

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition. Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners. US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics February 2002.

Census Bureau

Joseph Dalaker. Poverty in the United States: 2000. Current Population Reports. US Census Bureau.

Projections of the Resident Population by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Nativity: Middle Series, 2001 to 2005. Population Projections Program, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Link 1. Link 2.

Congressional Research Service

CRS Report: A Shortage of Registered Nurses: Is it on the horizon or already here? May 18, 2001: order code RL30974.

General Accounting Office

Health workforce: Ensuring adequate supply and distribution remains challenging. Statement of Janet Heinrich before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives. Aug. 1, 2001. Report GAO-01-1042T.

Long Term Care: Aging Baby Boom Generation Will Increase Demand and Burden on Federal and State Budgets. GAO Report # GAO-02-544T. March 2002.

Nursing Workforce: Emerging Nurse Shortages Due to Multiple Factors. July 2001: GAO-01-944.

Nursing workforce: Multiple factors create nurse recruitment and retention problems. Statement of Janet Heinrich before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. June 27, 2001. Report no. GAO-01-912T.

Nursing workforce: Recruitment and retention of nurses and nurse aides is a growing concern. Statement of William J. Scanlon before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate. May 17, 2001. Report no. GAO-01-750T.

Programs for Underserved Populations Could Be Improved. March 2000. GAO Report GAO/T-HEHS-00-81.

Health Resources and Services Administration

A National Agenda for Nursing Workforce Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Executive Summary. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. April 2000.

A National Agenda for Nursing Workforce Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Full Report. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. April 2000.

Basic Registered Nurse Workforce Report, Executive Summary. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. Feb 2000.

Basic Registered Nurse Workforce Report. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. Feb 2000.

Building the Future of Allied Health: Report of the Implementation Task Force of the National Commission on Allied Health. US Department of Health and Human Service, Public Health Service, HRSA, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Associated, Dental, and Public Health Professions, 1999.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing and John Hartford Foundation. Caring for Older Americans. Recommendations for Building a National Program for Graduate Nursing Education in Gerontology. March 2001. Based on the Proceedings from the Expert Panel on Graduate Geriatric Nursing Education and Practice.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing. (2000). Report to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Congress by the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice and the Council on Graduate Medical Education: Collaborative Education to Improve Patient Safety. Published December 2000.

Federal Support for the Preparation of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Workforce through Title VII, Executive Summary. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. 1997.

Federal Support for the Preparation of the Clinical Nurse Specialist Workforce through Title VII, Full Report. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. 1997.

Federal Support for the Preparation of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce through Title VII, Executive Summary. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. 1997.

Federal Support for the Preparation of the Nurse Practitioner Workforce through Title VII, Full Report. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA. 1997.

50 Years at the Division of Nursing. United States Public Health Service. April 1997.

Final Report: 2000 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses. Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2002). Health Professional Shortage Areas.

A National Informatics Agenda for Nursing Education and Practice, Executive Summary. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA.

A National Informatics Agenda for Nursing Education and Practice, Full Report. National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, HRSA.

Jack Needleman, Peter I. Buerhaus, Soeren Mattke, Maureen Stewart and Katya Zelevinsky. Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in Hospitals. Final Report. US Department of Health and Human Services, HRSA, February 28, 2001.

Selected Statistics on Health Professional Shortage Areas. Division of Shortage Designation, Bureau of Primary Health Care, HRSA June 30, 2001. Link 1. Link 2.

HRSA State Health Workforce Data Resource Guide, 2001.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2002). State Health Workforce Profiles.

The Health Care Workforce in Ten States: Education, Practice and Policy. National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis. Spring 2001, HRSA. A hard copy of this report may be obtained by calling the HRSA Information Center at 1-888-Ask-HRSA or by visiting their website at http://www.ask.hrsa.gov/and clicking on publications.

The Key Ingredient of the National Prevention Agenda: Workforce Development: A Companion Document to Healthy People 2010, Bureau of Health Professions. National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis, HRSA.

The Public Health Workforce Enumeration 2000. Bureau of Health Professions National Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis, HRSA. December 2000.

National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Science. Institute of Medicine. Unequal Treatment Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson, Editors, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care, Board on Health Sciences Policy. 2002.

DHHS

National Vital Statistics Reports. September 21, 2001: Volume 49:Number 8.

Healthy People 2010: Fact Sheet

Journal Articles

A Continuing Challenge: The Shortage of Educationally Prepared Nursing Faculty. Ada Sue Hinshaw. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 6(1) 1-13 January 2001.

Barbara Carty, and Peri Rosenfeld. From Computer Technology to Information Technology: Findings from a National Study of Nursing Education. Computers in Nursing. 1998:16(5): 259-265.

Inflation Spurs Health Spending In 2000. Katharine Levit, Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Helen Lazenby , and Anne Martin Health Affairs Trends. 2002 Volume 1 Number 1.

Professional Associations and Other Organizations

America's Health: Unitedhealth Foundation State Health Rankings. A Call to Action for People and Their Communities 2001 Edition.

The Commonwealth Fund. Caught in Between: Short-Term Uninsured Can Pay Heavy Price.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2002). Master's Level Nurse Practitioner Educational Programs. Findings from the 2000-2001 Collaborative Curriculum Survey. Linda Berlin, Doreen Harper, Kathryn Werner and Janis Stennett. http://www.nonpf.com/publicat.htm

American Hospital Association. Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems (April 2002). In Our Hands: How Hospital Leaders can Build a Thriving Workforce.

Futurescan 2002: A Forecast of Healthcare Trends, 2002-2006, Russell C. Coile Jr. Health Administration Press, 2002. http://www.ache.org/

HEDIS 2001 List of Quality Measures

HMO Enrollment Continues to Decrease: Findings from the HMO Industry Report. Press Release: Interstudy Publications. April 2001.

American Hospital Association. AHA Commission on Workforce on Hospital and Health Systems. April 2002, In Our Hands How Hospital Leaders Can Build A Thriving Workforce.

Medicaid and the Uninsured: The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. February 2002.

The Commonwealth Fund. Minority Americans Lag Behind Whites On Nearly Every Measure Of Health Care Quality.

Nursing Faculty Shortage Fact Sheet. American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2002.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. BCBS HealthIssues.com. Prescription Spending Rises More Than 17%.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance and Health Care. 2000. UCLA Center for Health Policy and Henry J. Kaiser Foundation.

Rural Health Statistics/Definitions of Rural. This link provides information and statistics on the following rural health areas: Demographics, Health Insurance Coverage, Health Status, Health Care Personnel, Health Care Facilities, Hospitals, Health Centers/Clinics, Notes for Rural Statistics.

Southern Regional Board of Education (SREB) in February 2002.

Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions released by AACN in October 2000.

Staffing of Nursing Services in Nursing Homes: Present Issues and Prospects for the Future. Prepared by: Health Services Research and Evaluation American Health Care Association February 2002. Frederic H. Decker, Ph.D. K. Jeannine Dollard, M.P.A. et al.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. State Health Facts On Line.

American College of Nurse Midwives. (March 2002). Student Education Survey Conducted January 2002. Karen Fennell, Tekoa King, Samantha Kurkjy, and Jonathon Sakai. For copies, contact Karen Fennell, Senior Policy Analyst, http://www.acnm.org/

The Future of Health Care Labor Force in a Graying Society. The Honorable Lynn Martin, Chair. May 2001.

The Healthcare Workforce Shortage and Its Implications for America's Hospitals. First Consulting Group. Fall 2001.

The Hospital Shortage: Immediate and Future: AHA Trend watch Vol 3(2) June 2001.

The New Challenge of the Uninsured: Coverage in the Current Economy. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. February 2002.

Lumina Foundation for Education. Unequal Opportunity Disparities in College Access Among the Fifty States. Samuel M. Kipp III, Derek V. Price and Jill K. Wohlford. Volume4 Number 3 January, 2002.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Health Care’s Human Crisis: The American Nursing Shortage. April 2002.