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**National Health Care Survey**

To meet the health statistics needs of    the future, four of the Center's record-based surveys were merged and expanded into one    integrated survey of health care providers called the National Health Care Survey (NHCS).    New data on alternative health care settings--such as ambulatory surgical centers,    hospital outpatient departments, emergency rooms, hospices, and home health agencies--are    being provided through this system. 

The survey is a source of a wide range    of data on the health care field and a significant resource for monitoring health care    use, the impact of medical technology, and the quality of care provided to a changing    American population. 

The NHCS was built upon the following    four current National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) surveys: The **National Hospital Discharge Survey**,    the **National Ambulatory Medical Care    Survey**, the **National    Nursing Home Survey**, and the **National Health Provider    Inventory**(formerly the National Master Facility Inventory). The new surveys    include the **National Survey of    Ambulatory Surgery**, the **National    Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey**, and the **National Home and Hospice Care Survey**.    The **National Employer Health Insurance Survey** is also a    component of the NHCS. 
**National    Health Provider Inventory**The National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI) is a comprehensive national listing    of nursing homes, residential care facilities, hospices, and home health agencies. The    NHPI serves as a sampling frame for several sample surveys. In addition, it is an    important source of national statistics on the number, type, and geographical distribution    of health providers in the United States.Conducted in 1991.Provides names and addresses of more than    7,800 home health agencies and hospices as well as information on number of clients,    services, and location.Provides names and addresses of almost 56,000    facilities, including more than 15,500 nursing homes and over 31,000 board and care homes.    Information such as type of facility, ownership, size, location, and resident    characteristics is also available.Based on data collected from questionnaires    sent directly to agencies and facilities.Findings are published in *Advance Data    From Vital and Health Statistics.***Public-use data files**    are available on data tape.Conducted periodically since    1963 under different survey titles--National Master Facility Inventory 1971-76; Inventory    of Long-Term Care Places in 1986. 

**National Employer    Health Insurance Survey**The National Employer Health Insurance Survey is a national survey of businesses, both    private and public sector. Interviews were completed for over 39,000 businesses and    organizations.Sponsored by National Center for Health    Statistics, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and Health Care Financing    Administration.Data collection began in April 1994 and ended    in December 1994.This survey was primarily a computer-assisted    telephone interview.Will provide national and state level    analysis of private health insurance.Will examine characteristics of employer    sponsored health insurance.Findings will be released in NCHS and HCFA    publications and in electronic public use products.**National Employer Health Insurance Survey Data    File**.

 

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This page last reviewed July 24, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
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