Jane F. Gentleman, PhD Hanyu Ni, PhD U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Early Release of Early Release of Selected Estimates from the Selected Estimates from the National Health Interview National Health Interview Survey Survey
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Jane F. Gentleman, PhD
Hanyu Ni, PhD
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health Statistics
Early Release of Early Release of Selected Estimates from theSelected Estimates from the
National Health Interview National Health Interview SurveySurvey
BackgroundBackground
•National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): A large, complex national survey
•1997 NHIS redesign
•Timeliness of annual MICRODATA releases is good and getting even better
•Early Release program (ER) now releases updated ESTIMATES every 3 months
BackgroundBackground
•Expert meeting: Identified key measures
•Determined how to expedite editing and weighting
•Chose to release on Internet only
•First release: April 2001
NHIS Early Release (ER) NHIS Early Release (ER) ProgramProgram
Objectives
•Provide ready and timely access to the most recent NHIS key estimates
•Monitor health and health care
•Measure progress toward national public health objectives
NHIS ERNHIS ER FeaturesFeatures
•Web-based only
•Uses partial-year data
•Released…
…in March, June, September, and December
…6 months after the end of each quarter of data
collection
NHIS ERNHIS ER Currently Covers 15 Currently Covers 15