Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access

Abstract:

The PA_Hospitals layer contains the latitude and longitude coordinates of 249 hospitals in Pennsylvania. When possible, efforts were made to confirm the rooftop location of each hospital. The accuracy of geocoding is available in Geocoding Certainty attribute field (Geocoding Certainty: Rooftop="00", Street="01", Zip Centroid="04", Not geocoded="99"). Latitude and longitude are recorded in the WGS 1984 coordinate system in decimal degrees. The attribute data were obtained from an annual hospital survey and include approximately 19 fields such as survey ID number, longitude, latitude, facility name, etc. Additional fields and data items could be potentially linked to this layer. For more information please visit http://www.statistics.health.pa.gov/HealthStatistics/HealthFacilities/HospitalReports/Pages/HospitalReports.aspxLast updated: 08/21/2017Contact Us: Pennsylvania Department of HealthDivision of Health InformaticsRA-DHICONTACTUS@pa.gov717-782-2448

Purpose:

The PA_Hospitals layer was developed to show the geospatial location of hospitals in Pennsylvania. It can be used in various emergency and health related maps.

Use_Constraints:

If you use any of the data in this file, please include the following statement in any publication or release of the data: These data were provided by the Division of Health Informatics, Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Department specifically disclaims responsibility for any analysis, interpretations or conclusions.

Data_Set_Credit:

Division of Health Informatics

Attribute_Definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Esri

Attribute_Definition:

Geocoded longitude for a given hospital using the WGS 1984 geocoding systems in decimal degrees.

Attribute_Definition:

Geocoded latitude for a given hospital using the WGS 1984 geocoding systems in decimal degrees.

Attribute_Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Esri

Attribute_Definition:

Street address provided for a given hospital.

Attribute_Definition:

City in which a given hospital is located.

Attribute_Definition:

Zip code provided for a given hopsital.

Attribute_Definition:

County in which a given hospital is located.

Attribute_Definition:

Area code provided for a  given hospital's phone number.

Address:

115 Land and Water research building

Distribution_Liability:

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