NHSPI_measure_metadata: 76

Data provided by Big Local News. Data from the National Health Security Preparedness Index. The overall index is useful for examining a state’s readiness in dealing with any number of issues. There also are specific metrics that directly relate to states’ abilities to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic. With that in mind, we have pulled out and processed key metrics -- from preparedness for surge testing to evaluating how many people in each state have access to paid time off. Our goal is to make it easier for journalists to access and analyze for their reporting. For more information, please start with the NHSPI_READ_ME file. Questions? Contact biglocalnews@stanford.edu.

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rowid	obsid	index	item_code	domain_code	domain_name	domain_description	subdomain_code	subdomain_name	subdomain_description	subdomain_long_desc	measure_name	measure_description	measure_rationale	data_source	verbose_data_source	data_dates	limitations
76	158.0	Index	4.2.8	4.0	HD	Healthcare Delivery	11.0	HPS	Hospital and Physician Services	Hospital and physician services refers to care for a patient who is formally admitted (or “hospitalized”) to an institution for treatment and/or care and stays for a minimum of one night in the hospital or other institution.	M167	Number of active registered nurse (RN) and licensed practical nurse (LPN) licenses per 100,000 population in the state	Registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) are an important part of the medical workforce that provides medical care in the acute and primary care settings. An increased number of these actively practicing and licensed healthcare workers would be needed to respond to a mass casualty or emerging disease epidemic/pandemic. The measure focuses on the state's workforce capacity of current, active registered and practical nurses (PNs).	NCSBN	National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), National Nursing Database	2013-2016, 2018 & 2019	The measure does not consider mutual aid plans that may be in place to supplement the number of available RNs and LPNs in the event of an emergency. The source data may undercount the RNs and LPNs available to provide care during an emergency due to limited or non-reporting by some states.