NHSPI_measure_metadata: 96

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
96	220.0	Index	5.1.10	5.0	CM	Countermeasure Management	15.0	MMMDD	Medical Materiel Management, Distribution, & Dispensing	The ability to acquire, maintain (e.g., cold chain storage or other storage protocol), transport, distribute, and track medical materiel (e.g., pharmaceuticals, gloves, masks, and ventilators) before and during an incident and recover and account for unused medical materiel after an incident. This capability includes managing the research, development, and procurement of medical countermeasures in addition to the management and distribution of medical countermeasures.	M161	Number of Pharmacists per 100,000 population in the state	Pharmacists are highly educated, trained, and licensed healthcare professionals who dispense prescription medications to patients and offer advice on their safe use in a range of settings, including retail drugs stores, healthcare facilities, and academic research and training centers. They play a key and increasingly larger role in disaster-related countermeasure management and the dispensing of medicine. The measure focuses on state's workforce capacity of pharmacists.	BLS OES	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)	2012—2017	The measure does not consider mutual aid plans that may be in place for healthcare facilities to supplement the number of available pharmacists in the event of an emergency. Also, BLS and other national data sources on health provider supply have been shown to undercount certain types of providers, and may differ considerably from the estimates available from state licensing boards. Since the measurement undercounting in the BLS data are expected to be relatively consistent across states, they should not cause significant bias in the Index state and national results. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces occupational estimates by surveying a sample of non-farm establishments. As such, estimates produced through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program are subject to sampling error.