The NSSRN samples and estimates the characteristics of registered nurses in the workforce. The information from these surveys helps us evaluate trends and projections of the future supply of nursing resources.
The Los Angeles Times recently published an interactive map with patient safety ratings for 250 California hospitals, based on data analysis by Leapfrog Group, an employer-backed nonprofit that tracks health care quality, http://graphics.latimes.com/california-hospital-scores/.
Fall 2014 hospital safety scores for hospitals in other states are available from the Leapfrog web site, http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/.
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) within HRSA conducts surveys and provides data on the supply, use, access, need, and demand for health workers. Data for two surveys on the nursing workforce are currently available.
State StatisticsThis link opens in a new windowState Statistics contains nearly 300 databases, including 150 active databases covering critical social science statistics. Explore demographics, health, education, income, security, military, economics, and more for the U.S., states, and counties. A growing number of databases provide data for cities, ZIP Codes, and Census Tracts.
RAND's research on California and its communities spans a wide analytical range, from health, education, and justice issues to military, security, and transportation.
