2/25/20: New US profile: National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS)
The National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) replaced the National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS) in 2011. It provides information to assess the health of the population through the creation of a dataset that contains information on health care utilization as well as demographic characteristics, medical conditions, and treatment of patients who use hospitals for inpatient and ambulatory medical care in the United States.
National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS) (USA)
Database Contact Data
Geoffrey Jackson, Team Leader
Hospital Care Team, NCHS, CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
3311 Toledo Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
USA
Email: gjackson@cdc.gov
Phone: +1 301-458-4703
Alternate Contact
Kathy Chimes
Project Director
Westat
USA
Email: chimesk1@westat.com
Phone: +1 301-251-4302
References of Studies Using/Describing Database
1. Peters ZJ, Ashman JJ, Schwartzman A, DeFrances CJ. National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Examination of Inpatient Hospitalization and Risk of Mortality Among Patients Diagnosed With Pneumonia. Natl Health Stat Report. 2022 Jan;(167):1-9.
2. Alford JM, Williams SN, Oriaku MN, White D, Schwartzman A, Jackson G. National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Severe Maternal Morbidity in Inpatient and Emergency Departments. Natl Health Stat Report. 2021 Oct;(166):1-15.
3. Ashman JJ, Cairns C, DeFrances CJ, Schwartzman A. Respiratory Illness Emergency Department Visits in the National Hospital Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Natl Health Stat Report. 2021 Jan;(151):1-18.
4. Jackson G, Brown AM, DeFrances C. Opioid-involved Emergency Department Visits in the National Hospital Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Natl Health Stat Report. 2020 Dec;(149):1-15.
5. Spencer MR, Flagg LA, Jackson G, DeFrances C, Hedegaard H. National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Opioid-involved Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths. Natl Health Stat Report. 2020 Jun;(141):1-19.
6. Jackson G, Chari K. National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Stroke Inpatient Hospitalizations. Natl Health Stat Report. 2019 Nov;(132):1-11.
7. Brown AM, DeFrances C, Crane, E, Cai R, Naeger S. Identification of substance-involved emergency department visits using data from the National Hospital Care Survey. National Health Statistics Reports; no 114. Hyattsville MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018
8. Williams S, Gousen S, DeFrances C. National Hospital Care Survey demonstration projects. Pneumonia hospitalizations and emergency department visits. National Health Statistics Reports; no 116. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018
9. Levant S, Chari K, DeFrances C. National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Traumatic Brain Injury. Natl Health Stat Report. 2016 Jul;(97):1-16.