The National Health Care Surveys are designed to answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers, public health professionals, and researchers. These can include the factors that influence the use of health care resources, the quality of health care, including safety, and disparities in health care services provided to population subgroups in the United States.
Health Care Settings and Providers Surveyed
- Physician Offices and Community Health Centers
- Hospital Emergency and Outpatient Departments
- Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Hospital Inpatient Care
- Nursing Homes
- Nursing Assistants
- Home and Hospice Care Agencies
- Home Health and Hospice Aides
- Residential Care Facilities
- National Study of Long-Term Care Providers
What's New
- Adoption and Use of Electronic Health Records and Mobile Technology by Home Health and Hospice Care Agencies [PDF - 176 KB] (5/2013)
- Trends in Inpatient Hospital Deaths: National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2000–2010 (3/2012)
- We are pleased to announce the release of Summary web tables from 2010 NAMCS and NHAMCS. The NAMCS Summary Tables present the most current data on patient visits to physician offices; the NHAMCS Summary Tables present the most current data on visits to hospital emergency and outpatient departments. Please refer to NAMCS and NHAMCS Web Tables. (1/2013)
- Use and Characteristics of Electronic Health Record Systems Among Office-based Physician Practices: United States, 2001–2012 (12/2012)
- Hospitalization for Congestive Heart Failure: United States, 2000–2010 (10/2012)
- Comparability Between the Rates for All-listed Inpatient Procedures Using National Hospital Discharge Survey and Medicare Claims, 1999 and 2007 [PDF - 257 KB] (9/2012)
- Generalist and Specialty Physicians: Supply and Access, 2009–2010 (9/2012)
- Wait Time for Treatment in Hospital Emergency Departments: 2009 (8/2012)
- Physician Adoption of Electronic Health Record Systems: United States, 2011 (7/2012)
Contact Us:
-
Division of Health Care Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782 - 1-800-232-4636
- Contact CDC–INFO
