Description
For all home health events (EVENTYPE) where the care provider works for an agency, hospital, or nursing home (SELFAGEN), HHCNA reports whether the professional health care worker is a certified nurse assistant. Home healthcare workers are identified as professional (i.e. skilled) or non-professional (i.e. non-skilled).
IPUMS MEPS reports the universe for each variable based on a thorough review of the original MEPS documentation. Investigating the data may reveal cases that do not meet the stated universe. Users are encouraged to validate universes for their analyses.
HHCNA is on the event record (see RECTYPE for more details on the different record types in IPUMS MEPS). Variables offered on the event record through IPUMS MEPS are derived from the dental visits, other medical expenses, hospital inpatient stays, emergency room visits, outpatient visits, office-based medical provider visits, and home health event files provided by AHRQ. Please see our overview of the event, medical conditions, and prescribed medicines variables, including how those variables are offered through IPUMS MEPS, and general considerations to keep in mind when conducting analyses using these variables.
More Variables Describing Type of Professional Home Healthcare Workers
- Certified Nursing Assistant (HHCNA)
- Dietician/Nutritionist (HHDIETICN)
- IV or Infusion Therapist (HHIVTHP)
- Medical Doctor (HHMEDLDOC)
- Nurse Practitioner (HHNURSPRACT)
- Occupational Therapist (HHOCCUPTHP)
- Physical Therapist (HHPHYSLTHP)
- Respiratory Therapist (HHRESPTHP)
- Social Worker (HHSOCIALW)
- Speech Therapist (HHSPEECHTHP)
- None of the professional home health care worker types listed (HHOTHPROF), 2018-onward
- Other type of healthcare worker (HHOTHER), 1996-2017 (includes both skilled and non-skilled workers)
Codes and Frequencies
Availability
- 1996-2022
Weights
- 1996-2022 : PERWEIGHT
