Annual Hospital Interview
The Annual Hospital Interview (AHI) is a yearly supplemental component of the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS). All sampled hospitals are asked to complete the AHI to create national estimates on hospital care and utilization.
The AHI asks hospitals to provide summary information on emergency department, outpatient department, and inpatient department visits for the calendar year. This information will be used for statistical purposes and for further insight on sampled hospitals.
AHI Portal
The AHI is accessible on the AHI Portal. Hospitals invited to complete the AHI will receive an invitation email with their four-digit NHCS-sampled hospital identifier and instructions to access the AHI Portal. The invitation email will be sent by ahi-support@cdc.gov. For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), please view the FAQs [PDF – 255 KB].
Preview Questionnaire
The AHI has been streamlined into short sections of questions: emergency department, outpatient department, and inpatient department visit counts, and timely hospital topics of interest. You can access the list of questions in its entirety here [PDF – 255 KB]. Please note that this list of questions is for planning purposes only and cannot be used to complete the AHI. Responses to the AHI questions must be entered into the AHI Portal in order to complete the AHI. Do not send any data through email.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
For Frequently Asked Questions, please view the FAQs [PDF – 255 KB].
AHI Support
For more information and if you have additional questions about the AHI, please contact the AHI support team at ahi-support@cdc.gov. To preserve the confidentiality of your hospital, please use the four-digit NHCS-sampled hospital identifier in all communications. If you are unsure of your hospital’s four-digit NHCS-sampled hospital identifier, please contact the AHI support team at ahi-support@cdc.gov to set up a phone call to securely and confidentially confirm the hospital name and address with its identifier. Do not send any data or include hospital name or address through email.
If you did not receive an invitation to complete the AHI and you think you are the right person to do so for your NHCS-sampled hospital, please contact the AHI support team at ahi-support@cdc.gov. To preserve the confidentiality of your hospital, please use the four-digit NHCS-sampled hospital identifier in all communications. Do not send any data or include hospital name or address through email.