National Health Care Survey The National Health Care Survey
(NHCS) embraces a
family of health care provider surveys, obtaining information about the
facilities that supply health care, the services rendered, and the
characteristics of the patients served. Each survey is based on a multistage sampling design that includes
health care facilities or providers and patient records. Data, that are
collected directly from the establishments and/or their records rather
than from the patients, identify
health care events--such as hospitalizations, surgeries, and long-term
stays--and offer the most accurate and detailed data on diagnosis and
treatment, as well as on the characteristics of the institutions. These data are used by
policymakers, planners, researchers, and
others in the health community to monitor changes in the use of health
care resources, to monitor specific diseases, and to examine the impact of
new medical technologies, to mention a few. This family of surveys includes the following components: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery (NSAS) National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS) National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) National Employer Health Insurance Survey (NEHIS) National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI)
This page last reviewed August 13, 2004
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