National Hospital Care Survey Flyer (West)

National Hospital Care Survey
Your Participation Matters
What is the National Hospital Care Survey?
A survey administered by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics to provide estimates on emerging diseases to track public
health trends in the United States.

Make a Difference!

Key Public Health Issues

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Answer key questions of interest to healthcare
professionals, researchers, and policymakers involving
quality, use of resources, and disparities of service.

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Combat current and future health emergencies.
Be part of the change that improves lives
with information that addresses public
health issues.
Build a strong public health foundation that
will help address current and future public
health threats.
Participation in the National Hospital Care
Survey contributes to a robust and timely
dataset that will impact policy and public
health response to health emergencies.

Your Data are Safe & Confidential
We will not release the name of your hospital to anyone, nor will we
release any information that could identify your hospital or patients.
Any information released in a public-use file will only include
de-identified, aggregate data. Hospitals will have the opportunity
to submit UB-04 administrative claims or Electronic Health Record data.

National Hospital Care Survey topics include:
• Chronic illness, such as hypertension or heart
disease
• COVID-19
• Environmental illness
• Weather and climate-related health risks due
to wildfires or heat waves
• Mental health issues and substance abuse
• Housing and homelessness
• Obesity and diabetes
• Asthma

For more information, please contact:
Kathy Chimes, Project Director
Westat
chimesk1@westat.com
301–251–4302
Geoffrey Jackson, Team Leader
Hospital Care Team, CDC, NCHS
gjackson@cdc.gov
301–458–4703
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