Databases

National Home and Hospice Care Survey

This nationwide survey of home and hospice care agencies, their current and discharge patients was conducted by the national center for Health Statistics from September through December 1992. This survey wa designed as an ongoing series of surveys to satisfy the diverse data needs of those who establish standards for, plan, provide, and access longterm care services.

 

Source: NCHS

Size: 1245 records

Years: 1992

Media: 9-track tape

Format: EBCDIC

RecordLength: 532

Structure: Not Available

Complexity: Moderate; an operating system utility is available for converting EBCDIC records of fixed length to ASCII.