Medicare Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) Skilled Nursing Facility Data

RPC knows that data collection and working with large data sets can be a challenge, and has created the Health Data Store to serve as a continuously updated repository of health care data. The Health Data Store can provide you with customizable data, ranging from large nation-wide data sets to smaller and more pointed reports or health care snapshots. Our experience working with National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Data files allows us to query and package the data with confidence. We can also incorporate information from several different data sets to create in-depth, longitudinal analysis of the health care markets you are interested in. Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss how the Health Data Store can help you with your information needs.

The Division of Health Interview Statistics, within the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics collects and releases data on the health status of residents of the United States. The data is obtained in a cross-sectional household interview survey, which is administered continuously throughout each year. The survey's sample design allows for a representative sampling of American households. The resulting data are published annually in the National Health Interview Survey data files. There are four different files available for analysis: Adult Cancer, Family, Household, Injury Episode, Injury Verbatim, Person, Adult, Child, Imputed Income, Paradata, Disability and Quality of Life.  The health data store created a data dictionary for the file, which lists and describes the data elements and the file layout. Because it is structured to provide a representative sample, the NHIS can be used to analyze American's health status across time and geographies.

The data set includes detailed information on a wide variety of health related elements. Some useful types of data included in the NHIS are:

• Dietary habits and intake
• Cancer diagnosis
• Demographic variables such as geographic region of residence, age, sex and race
• Preventative health procedures received
• Number of family members with a disability
• Injuries reported with ICD-9 code
• Indication of help needed with activities of daily life (ADL)
• Indication of an array of health problems, including mental health issues

RPC holds the 2010 release of these files, which is the most recent year available.

Data Applications
We can provide custom reports, graphs and maps using this data file and combining it with other health care and demographic files.

The tabulations and analysis RPC offers based on NHIS data has many potential uses for healthcare planners, financial analysts, and hospital executives. RPC offers custom reports using NHIS data, and our consultants are happy to talk to you about how we can use the file to best meet your needs. A sample of the kinds of healthcare data that can be gathered from the file are included below.

• Injury frequency across geographies
• Percentage of population subsets with an injury or diagnosis that prevents them from working
• Historical analysis of American dietary habits and intake
• Historical analysis of the frequency of preventative procedures
• Cancer diagnoses by demographic characteristics
• Historical analysis of health problems across patient demographic or geographical groups
• Historical analysis of individuals receiving Social Security benefits

Data Suppression
All individual identifiers are removed from the NHIS data by the National Center for Health Statistics.  

Data Use Restrictions
The NHIS data is for statistical reporting and analysis only, any attempt to identify survey respondents is prohibited.