Notes
Description based on 2002; title from disc. label.
Latest issue consulted: 2004.
Companion publication to: Technical documentation with field numbers for the Area Resources File (ARF), and User documentation for the Area Resources File (ARF)
Issued also in ASCII format
Summary
Files are county-based data files, summarizing secondary data from a wide variety of sources that are useful for analysis of the health care system. Contains approximately 6000 data elements from all counties and independent cities in the U.S. and the territories of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Data elements include county descriptor codes, health professions data, health facility and health training data, population and economic data, and limited data on vital statistics, industry, housing, expenditure and environmental factors.
Variant and related titles
ARF Access System
Area resource file Access
ARF Access
User documentation for the Area Resources File (ARF)
Technical documentation with field numbers for the Area Resources File (ARF)
Area resource file.