Redesign and Operation of the National Home and Hospice Care Survey, 2007

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• Personal Author:
  Dwyer, Lisa L. ; Harris-Kojetin, Lauren D. ; Branden, Laura ; Shimizu, Iris M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  This methods report provides an overview of the redesigned National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) conducted in 2007. NHHCS is a national probability sample survey that collects data on U.S. home health and hospice care agencies, their staffs and services, and the people they serve. The redesigned survey included computerized data collection, greater survey content, increased sample sizes for current home health care patients and hospice care discharges, and a first-ever supplemental survey called the National Home Health Aide Survey.
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Health Surveys Public Health Vital Statistics
• Keywords:
  home health care patients, hospice care discharges, National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
• Source:
  National Home and Hospice Care Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  201 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1
• Issue:
  53
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:24b8cbb3bb693b6c9f7af3cabfd5c655e3ed4cda824820e06d0c03f5e36f40966d023bf05cfc7a56a934083ab2365c11f3f8ad304be9bac22d3826786bae1af8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/255092/cdc_255092_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.01 MB ]