U.S. Audiologist Supply and Policy Factors, State-Level Panel from 2017 to 2024

A state-year panel for the 50 U.S. states and Washington, DC from 2017 to 2024. The dataset, created by Kirjava, Shade and hosted on Harvard Dataverse, measures audiologist supply, movement, and related policy factors. It includes counts of audiologists, new graduates, interstate moves, and annual state policy scores for LGBTQ+ and reproductive healthcare.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between state policy environments and audiologist supply based on the constructed policy scores.
• Analyzing trends in healthcare workforce mobility based on year-to-year changes in registered practice state.
• Forecasting regional shortages of hearing care specialists based on counts of newly graduating audiologists and active graduate programs.
• Correlating state-level LGBTQ+ and reproductive healthcare policy scores with healthcare provider movement patterns.

Strengths

• Covers all 50 U.S. states and Washington, DC.
• Provides longitudinal data spanning 8 years from 2017 to 2024.
• Integrates multiple data sources: CMS NPPES provider data, state statutes, and graduate program counts.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), state statutes, and other primary documents.

Collection Method

Constructed from NPPES data to create state-year panel measures; policy scores built from state statutes.

Time Range

2017–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 15:40:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States (state-level)