title: The National Home and Hospice Care Survey: 1993 summary.
abstract: Data collected in the 1993 National Home and Hospice Care Survey are presented in 61 tables according to standard sets of descriptive variables. The tables on patients are grouped into four categories: home health care current patients, home health care discharges, current hospice care patients, and hospice care discharges. Data are presented on agency characteristics, demographic characteristics, utilization measures, and health and functional status of current patients and discharges.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strahan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002568:Certification; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010067:Ownership; D012107:Research Design; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States