Our Mission: The mission of our Centre County Partnership for Community Health is to support an inclusive, caring community that promotes healthy people and enhances quality of life through collaborative relationships.
Our Guiding Objective: To assess the health needs of Centre County residents and to develop outreach and partnering efforts that will bridge gaps in service and eliminate barriers to holistic health.
Health Care Resources Overview
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Health Resources and Services Administration Pennsylvania Health Workforce Profile. Summary of combined statistical report of Pennsylvania's health workforce profile. December, 2000. (PDF format) | Health Resources and Services Administration can be found at www.hrsa.gov |
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Health Resources and Services Administration Workforce Profile Highlights. Full length statistical and analytical report of Pennsylvania's health workforce profile. Most recent data, 1998. (PDF format) | Health Resources and Services Administration can be found at www.hrsa.gov |
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Health Resources and Services Administration, Health Professional Shortage Designation. Covers criteria used to designate a geographic area or population group as a Health Professional Shortage Area or a Medically Underserved Area or Population | Health Resources and Services Administration can be found at www.hrsa.gov |
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SHIP - White Paper - The Nurse Workforce in Pennsylvania - June, 2004 - Analyzes three primary issues facing health workforce planners today: student nurse recruiment and education; nurse retention in the work environment; and assessment of the shortage of nurses in Pennsylvania. The Report provides eleven major recommendations to support system-based solutions. | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Report on the Status of Nursing Education Programs in Pennsylvania - A Report on Data from Nursing Education Program Annual Reports, 2003 - Volume 2 - June, 2004 - With the assistance of the Department of State, analyzes data on RN and LPN educational programs in the Commonwealth. Data were collected from Nursing Education Program Annual Report submitted by 125 Pennsylvania nursing programs in 2003. | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Registered Nurse Population in Pennsylvania - Combined Data from the Survey of Registered Nurses Renewing Licenses in April 2002, October 2002, April 2003 and October 2003 - Volume 1, Number 3 - April, 2004. (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Population in Pennsylvania - Data from the Survey of Dentists and Dental Hygienists Renewing Licenses in March 2003 - January, 2004. (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Physician Population in Pennsylvania - Data from the Survey of Osteopathic (DO) and Allopathic (MD) Physicians Renewing Licenses in October and December 2002 - January, 2004 (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Registered Nurse Population in Pennsylvania - Combined Data from the Survey of Registered Nurses Renewing Licenses in April 2002 and October 2002 - Volume 1, Number 2 - June, 2003 - Provides objective data from 83,058 cumulative responses from RNs who renewed their licenses in April 2002 and October 2002. (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Physician Population in Pennsylvania - Data from the Survey of Osteopathic (DO) and Allopathic (MD) Physicians Renewing Licenses in October and December 2002 - January, 2004 (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Special Report on the Characteristics of the Registered Nurse Population in Pennsylvania - A Report on the April, 2002 Survey of Registered Nurses - November, 2002 - Provides objective data from more than 40,000 RNs who renewed their licenses in April, 2002. (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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SHIP - Report on the Status of Nursing Education Programs in Pennsylvania - A report on Data from Nursing Education Program Annual Reports, 1999-2002 and Approved Nursing Program Compliance Reports 2000-2002 , April, 2003 - Analyzes data on RN and LPN educational programs in the Commonwealth. Data were collected from two required nurse education program reports submitted to the Department of State, which are: 1) the Professional Nursing Education Program Annual Report and 2) the Approved Nursing Education Compliance Report. (PDF) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Department of Health, Division of Nursing Care Facilities | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health, Nursing Home Facility Locator | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Advocacy - The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania: | The Hospital Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania can be found at www.haponline.org |
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Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis | The Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis can be found at www.rupri.org |
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Pennsylvania Healthcare Association | The Pennsylvania Healthcare Association can be found at www.phca.org |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health site offering a PDF file of all the nursing homes in the state | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health site offering state level school health statistics |
The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Health site showing links to many state-level health agencies |
The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Medicaid Five-Year Payment Name Characteristics Report 10/1999 - 9/2004 |
The Pa Department of Public Welfare can be found at www.dpw.state.pa.us |
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (an independent state agency) home page offering data about health care costs, quality and access. | The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) can be found at www.phc4.org |
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council site showing hospital performance for some common medical procedures | The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) can be found at www.phc4.org |
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report in .PDF formation diabetes statistics and figures including breakdowns of data by county and demographics. This is a 24 page report using data from 2001 published in 2002. | The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) can be found at www.phc4.org |
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The Institute for Healthy Communities site containing violence and injury issues and the community partnerships involved with each issue. This site is mostly qualitative but does contain some statistical data. | The Hospital Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania can be found at www.haponline.org |
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PA Department of Health Report | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Status of Oral Health in Pennsylvania - PA Department of Health, May 2002 | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Status of Oral Health in Pennsylvania - PA Department of Health, May 2002 (Appendix) | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Dental Service Supply and Demand for the Indigent Populations in Rural Pennsylvania - Center for Rural Pennsylvania - May 2004 | The Center for Rural Pennslyvania can be found at www.ruralpa.org |
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Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Annual Survey of Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. Includes county-level information on (1) size and utilization of acute care and specialty hospital faciities, (2) numbers of active medical staff and other full- and part-time personnel, and (3) availability of 49 selected hospital services. | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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Data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Annual Long Term Care Facilities Questionnaire. Includes county-level data on size and utllization of facilities, and 23 categories of full- and part-time personnel by facility. | The Pennsylvania Department of Health can be found at www.dsf.health.state.pa.us |
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The Center for Rural Pennsylvania: County Profiles. An excellent resource for recent health-related information on each county and statewide Pennsylvania. Incorporates data on each county's hospitals and nursing homes, and different categories of physicians and dentists, and emergency care personnel rates per 100,000 population. The user can select a particular county or statewide Pennsylvania for review and county-to-state or county-to-county comparisons | The Center for Rural Pennslyvania can be found at www.ruralpa.org |
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Rural Policy Research Institute, The Impact of Welfare Reform on Health Insurance Coverage in Rural Areas, PB2005-6, December 2006 |
The Rural Policy Research Institute can be found at www.rupri.org |
