Producing a workforce of sufficient size and skills is essential to meeting the nation’s health care needs. The nation spends billions of dollars each year on the education and training of the health care workforce, yet basic, comprehensive data on workforce supply and demand do not exist. Effective decision making at the federal, state, and local level requires improved data and information on the current health workforce and a greater understanding of how changes in population will affect future demand for health professionals.
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis works to:
- improve data collection efforts at the national and state level
- develop better tools and methods for projecting supply, demand, and potential shortages of health care professionals
- evaluate workforce policies and programs for effectiveness and efficiency
More about the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
For additional information about the National Center, please contact LaCrystal McNair at 301-443-3578 or healthworkforcecenter@hrsa.gov
Most Recent Reports
Strategies for Enumerating the U.S. Government Public Health Workforce 
- February 2012 (PDF - 1 MB)
Reports by Discipline
Most-Viewed Reports
The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses - September 2010 (PDF - 3 MB)
The Physician Workforce: Projections and Research into Current Issues Affecting Supply and Demand - December 2008 (PDF - 2 MB)
Supply, Demand, and Use of Licensed Practical Nurses - November 2004 (PDF - 1 MB)
The Rationale for Diversity in the Health Professions: A Review of the Evidence - October 2006 (PDF - 188 KB)
