The National Home and Hospice Care Survey: 1994 Summary A new report from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), "The National Home and Hospice Care Survey: 1994 Summary," displays data on the characteristics of hospices and home health agencies in the United States and the patients they serve. Summary information is provided through 61 tables covering several subject areas. These include agency and demographic characteristics, utilization measures, and health and functional status of current patients and discharges. The tables on patients are grouped into four categories: home health care current patients, home health care discharges, hospice care current patients, and hospice care discharges. The 1994 National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) is a segment of the Long-Term Care Component of the National Health Care Survey, a family of provider-based surveys that describe utilization of health-care services in the major ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care settings. Data collected for the 1994 NHHCS was the third in a series of annual surveys of home and hospice care agencies in the United States. The NHHCS is a probability survey that collects data from a nationally representative sample of hospices and home health agencies. In 1994 about 100 agencies were added to the original sample of 1,500 agencies surveyed in 1992 and 1993. The survey is conducted through personal interviews with administrators and staff. Copies of this report can be purchased from the U.S. Government Printing Office; stock number 017-022-01364-9; price $10.00. To mail requests, write Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954. To phone orders, call (202) 512-1800. Price includes regular domestic postage and handling and is subject to change. An additional 25 percent is required for international orders. This report can also be viewed, downloaded, and printed from the NCHS home page. Keywords: discharges, current patients, primary diagnosis, length of service, source of payment
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