National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)
Study Number	S03_98, S03_00
Background of Dataset
Purpose of the Data Set	Survey desgined as an ongoing series of surveys to satisfy the diverse data needs of those who establish standards for, plan, provide, and assess long-term care services.
Criteria(s) for Inclusion/Exclusion	Study subjects selected from current patients from home health agencies and hospices.
Age Range Included	N/A.
Method(s) of Data Gathering	Respondents from each agency referred to patient medical and other records in order to complete the Current Patient Survey and Discharged Patient Questionairres. No patient was interviewed directly.
Sampling Frame/Design	Stratified two stage probability design.
Limitation(s) of Study
Year(s) Available	1998, 2000
Number of Observations	1,350, agencies in 1998. Six current and six discharged patients from each agency.
Unit of Observation	Person and Agency.
Publisher	National Center of Health Statistics.
Contact Information/Web Address	http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/catalogs/subject/nhhcs.htm
Condition of Use	Publicly Available.
Contents of Database
Key Linking Variables
•Patient identifier
•Physician identifier
•Health facility identifier
•Geographic identifier
•Other identifier	Agency.
Demographics Information
•Sex	Yes.
•Race	Yes.
•Geographic location	Yes, by region.
•Income	Yes, own or family support.
•Education
•Employment status
•Others	Age, hispanic origin and marital status.
Access/Utilization Information
Unit of Utilization
Source of Information
•Self reported
•Parent
•Medical provider
•Billing/encounters
•Other source	Home Health Care and Hospice Agency.
Health Insurance Information	Yes.
•Insurance status
•Insurance type	Yes.
•Other information	Other government medical assistance, expected source of payment.
Health Care Utilization
>Type
5) Other utilization
•Home care services	Yes, described in detail.
•Long term care	Yes.
•Other services
>Medical Codes
•CPT codes
•ICD-9 codes	Diagnoses and procedures that prompted services.
•DRG codes
•Other codes
Health Care Facility Information
•Location	Yes, MSA and Census region.
•Number of beds
•Number of MDs
•Other information	Ownership, certification, services provided, number of patients.
Physician Information	N/A
Cost/Expenditure Information
•Unit of cost	Covered time period.
•Charges/costs/payments	Yes, for home health or hospice care.
•Total	Yes.
•Allied and additional services
•Pharmacy
•Out-of-pocket payments
•Other information
Other Information
•	Personal aids used, disabilities, structural barriers of home.