Nursing Research Guide

Aggregate hospital data derived from the AHA Annual Survey and is the definitive source when doing trend analysis with data by bed size category , U.S. Census Divisions, States, and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CBSAs).

Public health data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

CHA provides various summarized hospital and community data and reporting to researchers, consumers, health care organizations, and other interested parties.

Charts, maps, and data related to health care quality, disparities, and health systems performance for each state in the U.S.

Health data for each county in the United States.

Statistics collected by government organizations.

Information from 16 states provided by the CDC website.

MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.

Weekly publication of the CDC based on reports from state health departments.

The nation’s principal health statistics agency, providing statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.

From the National Coalition for the Homeless

Cause-of-death information broken into geographic areas by the CDC.

This University of Pittsburgh project's mission is to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy making. The database includes data from all weekly notifiable disease reports for the United States dating back to 1888. These data are freely available to anybody interested.

Links to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.

Every December the AORN Journal publishes its Salary & Compensation survey for nursing.

The American Physical Therapy Association data on salaries, demographics, licensure and more. An APTA login is required for access.

The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), assesses health surveys and data on the supply, use, access, need, and demand for health workers.

Statistical information from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and Bureau of Labor Statistics about the nursing shortage, nursing degrees, and the workforce.