Sample Design Research for the National Home and Hospice Care Survey

• Activity Number: 388
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
• Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
• Author(s): Karen Davis*+ and Iris Shimizu
• Companies: National Center for Health Statistics and National Center for Health Statistics
• Keywords: sample survey design ; design effects

Abstract

The National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS) is a nationally representative sample survey of home health and hospice care agencies, their patients, and staff conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Estimates from the NHHCS provide important information on the users and providers of long term care, which is valuable for policymakers in the U.S. as large segments of the population continue to age. The NHHCS has been conducted six times since 1992 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000). The NHHCS was not fielded in 2002 or 2004 to allow time to conduct survey and sample design developmental work that would facilitate future survey redesign efforts. This paper describes the research objectives, 2000 sample design, design changes and ongoing research activities. A redesigned NHHCS is scheduled to be fielded in summer 2007.