National Home and Hospice Care Survey, 1992 / United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6536.

ICPSR ; 6536

National Home and Hospice Care Survey Series ; 6536

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home care services--United States--Statistics.

Home care services.

Hospice care--United States--Statistics.

Hospice care.

United States--Statistics, Medical.

United States.

Genre:

Medical statistics.

Statistics.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1995.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) for 1992 is the first annual survey of home health agencies and hospices and their patients and discharges. The survey was designed to provide information for those who establish standards for, plan, provide, and assess long-term care services, both in the home and in inpatient settings. Data on agency characteristics were obtained through personal interviews with administrators and include the number of home health and hospice patients served in the last 12 months, type of facility ownership (i.e., profit, nonprofit, government, other), Medicare and Medicaid certification, number and type of staff personnel, and the hours they worked. Data on a sample of patients currently receiving home health and hospice care as well as a sample of discharges were obtained by interviewing staff people most familiar with the care provided to these patients. Respondents were requested to refer to medical or other records whenever necessary. No patient was interviewed directly. Information for patients currently receiving services and discharged patients includes service provided and provider type, type of residence, referral source, medical diagnosis, type of care (home health or hospice), type of aids used (eyeglasses, dentures, walker, cane, oxygen, hospital bed, etc.), daily living activities that required assistance, and billing charges and expected payment source(s). The discharge diagnosis for discharged patients was also recorded. Demographic variables for both types of patients include sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, and marital status.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06536

Contents:

Part 1: Facility Questionnaire; Part 2: Current Patient Questionnaire; Part 3: Discharged Patient Questionnaire; Part 4: Codebook for All Parts

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61157366

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.