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**National Health Provider Inventory    (NHPI)    Public-Use Data Files**

**Survey description    |     Data file description    List of data file variables at a glance    Data file technical characteristics |     Geographic coverage    Data availability | Ordering information |     Documentation contents    Related reports |    Contact **

**Survey description**    The 1991 National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI) was a survey of two distinct types of    health providers and, therefore, required two separate questionnaires. Nursing homes and    board and care homes were sent facility questionnaires, and home health agencies and    hospices were sent agency questionnaires. A separate data tape has been created for each    type.

**Data file description**    The 1991 NHPI is an inventory (not a sample survey) of health providers. The agency files    contain the names and addresses of 7,804 homes health agencies and hospices. Information    collected include number of current and discharged clients, total number of clients in    1990, services provided, and State and county FIPS codes.

List of data file variables    at a glance
**Home health agencies and hospices**    Number of current clients    Number of discharged clients    Total number of clients    Services provided    State and county FIPS codes

**Nursing homes and board and care homes**    Facility    Ownership    Number of beds    Number of residents    Age of residents    Group of residents    Sex of residents    State and county FIPS codes

Data file technical characteristics

Home health agencies and hospices
Data        yearRecord        lengthBlock        sizeNumber        of        records199138432,6407,804
Nursing homes and board and care homes
Data        yearRecord        lengthBlock        sizeNumber        of        records199128022,40055,782
**Geographic coverage**    The files cover all 50 States and the District of Columbia.
**Data availability**    The 1991 NHPI was conducted from April to November 1991.    Respondents were asked to report their data as they were at the time of the survey. Data    are only available on **tape**.

**Ordering information**    NHPI data tapes can only be purchased through    the National Technical Information Service **(NTIS)**.    The NTIS order numbers and prices are as follows:

**Data on tape**    Home health agencies and hospices
Data        yearNTIS        Order no.Price1991PB93-502953$265.00
Nursing home and board and care homes
Data        yearNTIS        Order no.Price1991PB93-507101$265.00
**Documentation contents**    The documentation includes a description of the survey    procedures, editing and classification procedures, and a tape layout.

**Related reports**    A detailed discussion of the 1991 NHPI along with survey    findings for the facility portion of the survey can be found in Advance Data    **No. 244**.

**Al Sirrocco**    Long-Term Care Statistics Branch    Division of Health Care Statistics    National Center for Health Statistics    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention    6525 Belcrest Road, Rm. 950    Hyattsville, Maryland 20782    (301) 

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