FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
(VERSION 2003)
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Geodataset Name: HEALTH Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2003 Health Care Facility Information for the State of Florida. Health Care Facility addresses were gathered from the Florida Department of Health Care. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address, type, and contact information for health care facilities located in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Department of Health Care (FDHC)
Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Source 2003, Automated 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: HEALTH.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPE 6 SHAPEPOINT 0 STATUS 1 CHARACTER 0 SCORE 4 DECIMAL 0 SIDE 1 CHARACTER 0 X 19 DECIMAL 5 Y 19 DECIMAL 5 COUNTY 14 CHARACTER 0 NAME 72 CHARACTER 0 STREET 40 CHARACTER 0 CITY 26 CHARACTER 0 ZIPALL 10 DECIMAL 0 MANAGER 36 CHARACTER 0 BEDS 6 DECIMAL 0 TYPE 33 CHARACTER 0 PROCODE 10 DECIMAL 0 FRAESNUMBE 14 DECIMAL 0 ZIP 6 CHARACTER 0 DESCRIPT 72 CHARACTER 0
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
STATUS ESRI item which denotes the status of the geocoded
address (whether it was matched or not).
SCORE ESRI item which denotes the score with which the address
was matched to a feature in the reference data.
SIDE ESRI item which denotes the side of the street to which
the address was matched (for geocoding service styles
that can match an address to a particular side of a
street).
X ESRI item which denotes the X coordinate of the geocoded
feature.
Y ESRI item which denotes the Y coordinate of the geocoded
feature.
COUNTY The name of the county the health care facility is
located in.
NAME The name of the health care facility.
STREET The physical street address of the health care facility.
CITY The city in which the health care facility is located.
ZIPALL The nine digit Zip code for the health care facility.
MANAGER The name of the manager of the health care facility.
BEDS The number of beds the health care facility has.
TYPE The type of health care facility.
- ADULT FAMILY CARE HOME
- AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER
- ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
- CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT
- HOME HEALTH AGENCY
- HOSPICE
- HOSPITAL
- INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY
- RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY
- SKILLED NURSING FACILITY
- TRANSITIONAL LIVING FACILITY
PROCODE The procode number of the health care facility.
FRAESNUMBE The fraes number of the health care facility.
ZIP The five digit Zip code for the health care facility.
DESCRIPT Based on NAME
USER NOTES:
This dataset is a combination of health care facility addresses from the FDHC Website online. What is Geocoding? Geocoding is term used to describe the act of address matching. Geocoding is the process of finding a geographic location (x, y point) for an address (such as street number and name, city, state, and ZIP Code) on a map. Geocoding is based off the typical address scheme for the US, in which one side of the street contains even house numbers while the other side of the street contains odd house numbers. The geocoding process uses an algorithm to find the geographic location of addresses. First, a street segment is identified using the zip code and street name. Next, the geographic location of the address is matched using the building number to determine how far down the street and on which side of the street the building is located. Geocoding Accuracy The locational accuracy of geocoded addresses may vary from urban to rural areas due to the algorithm used to generate the geographic locations of addresses. The algorithm assumes that the size of parcels are equivalent along a road route. This assumption tends to be more consistent in urban areas, where the size of parcels vary less than in rural areas. Consequently, the results of geocoded addresses in urban areas are usually more reliable than those in rural areas. For example, the locational accuracy of rural addresses can be slightly off because some parcels along a rural route may be 15 acres while others may be 2.5 acres, but the geocoding algorithm assumes that the addresses are distributed evenly along the route. A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multicounty or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
Process Steps for FDHC Health Care Facility Locations: -Downloaded Excel spreadsheet from the following FDHC website: http://fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Long_Term_Care/FDAU/Reports.shtml -The information downloaded was then reformated to a Database File Format. The addresses were geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). -Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME
REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Health Care (FDHC) Website: http://fdhc.state.fl.us/MCHQ/Long_Term_Care/FDAU/Reports.shtml
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Health Care Facility locations were obtained from the FDHC Website in 2003. GeoPlan downloaded this data in an excel format and converted it to a dbf. The dbf was then geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads and converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:
Projection ALBERS Datum HPGN Units METERS Spheroid GRS1980 1st Standard Parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd Standard Parallel 31 30 0.000 Central Meridian -84 00 0.000 Latitude of Projection's Origin 24 0 0.000 False Easting (meters) 400000.00000 False Northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: Florida Department of Health Care Abbr.name: FDHC Web site: http://fdhc.state.fl.us Other: Agency for Health Care Administration Abbr.name: AHCA: Facility Data Analysis Unit Web site: http://fdhc.state.fl.us
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
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