End of Life Care in Nursing Homes: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this document reports on end of life care for residents in nursing homes.

Data are from the resident component of the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), 2004.

NNHS is a nationally representative, cross-sectional probability sample survey of all current residents in nursing homes in the United States with three or more beds and either certified by Medicare or Medicaid or licensed by the state. All information is derived from interviews with nursing home staff.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr009.pdf