title: Monitoring changes in home health care: a comparison of two national surveys.
abstract: Home health care is the fastest growing component of medical care in the United States. To understand better the nature and scope of changes taking place in home health, two current national surveys are described and compared. The two federally sponsored surveys are the National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Computer data files from both surveys are publicly available.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006306:Health Surveys; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology