The Area Resource File (ARF) is a database containing more than 6,000 variables for each of the nation's counties. The ARF contains information on health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In addition, the basic file contains geographic codes and descriptors which enable it to be linked to many other files and to aggregate counties into various geographic groupings. The ARF is designed to be used by planners, policymakers, researchers, and others interested in the nation's health care delivery system and factors that may impact health status and health care in the U.S.
Years Available: Varies depending on desired data
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Unit of Observation: County
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Data Format: SAS
Publisher: Quality Resource Systems, Inc.
URL:
http://www.arfsys.com/
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