What's New

Publications

• Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records and Mobile Technology by Home Health and Hospice Care Agencies [PDF - 176 KB] (5/2013)
• Characteristics and Use of Home Health Care by Men and Women Aged 65 and Over [PDF - 130 KB] (4/2012)
• An Overview of Home Health Aides: United States, 2007 [PDF - 569 KB] (5/2011)
• Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007 [PDF - 416 KB] (4/2011)
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Hospice: The National Home and Hospice Care Survey: United States, 2007 [PDF - 327 KB] (1/2011)
• Use of Advance Directives in Long-term Care Populations (1/2011)
• Redesign and Operation of the National Home and Hospice Care Survey, 2007 [PDF - 4.1 MB]

2007 NHHCS Patient File Update

Two variables in the 2007 NHHCS Patient File were updated on June 5, 2009. The variables are TOTBLPRD (Total number of days that charges cover) and AVEDLYCH (Average daily charges/payment). The update provides the correct number of billing days in the billing period in TOTBLPRD also used to calculate AVEDLYCH.

Announcements

• Corrections to the Technical Notes for the 2007 NHHCS Medication Public-Use File ─ Changes to selected category IDs in Multum [PDF - 76 KB]