Designated Health Professional Shortage Areas

Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) Data Download makes data and information concerning Designated HPSAs readily available to our users in a one-stop download. It is intended to help analysts and people who would like to analyze health care sites. The user is provided a data file in text format, the metadata and template files are in Excel format, and the import instructions are in PDF format.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/DataDownload/HPSA/HPSA.zip
Author Health Resources and Services Administration
Agency Department of Health & Human Services
Agency Program URL http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/datadownload.aspx
Collection Frequency Daily
Coverage Period Start 2010-01-01
Data Dictionary http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/Data_Dictionary.aspx
Date Released 2010-06-01
Geographic Granularity Street Address
Geographic Scope United States, U.S. Territories and Possessions
Migration Notes JSON {"Coverage Period Start": "2010", "Data Collection Instrument": "Business Process", "Coverage Period End": "present", "datadotgovid1": "4728", "datadotgovid2": "ihqv-uz4t", "Date Updated": "Daily"}
Subject Area 1 Health Care Providers
Technical Documentation http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/HPSADownload.aspx
Unit of Analysis County, Census Tract, County Subdivision
author_id http://healthdata.gov/id/agency/hrsa
hd2-workflow-id 507