National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Examination of Maternal Health Outcomes by Housing Assistance Status
Conclusion-Although these findings are not nationally representative, this report illustrates how linked NHCS-HUD data may provide insight into maternal health outcomes of patients who received housing assistance compared with those who did not.PMID:38563774 (Source: National health statistics reports)
Source: National health statistics reports - April 2, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Josephine M Alford Lello Guluma Doreen M Gidali Geoffrey Jackson Source Type: research

Living Alone and Feelings of Depression Among Adults Age 18 and Older
Conclusion-Adults living alone had higher reported feelings of depression than adults living with others. Differences in feelings of depression by living arrangement were observed for most of the characteristics examined.PMID:38411535 (Source: National health statistics reports)
Source: National health statistics reports - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Laryssa Mykyta Source Type: research

Infection Control Policies and Practices in Residential Care Communities by Selected Organizational and Geographic Characteristics: United States, 2020
This report presents nationally representative percentages of RCCs with infection control programs by selected characteristics. Methods-Data are from the RCC component of the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study, conducted biennially by the National Center for Health Statistics. The study asked four binary questions, including whether the RCC had a written Emergency Operations Plan that was specific to or included pandemic response, had a designated staff member or consultant responsible for coordinating the infection control program, offered annual influenza vaccination to residents, and offered annual influe...
Source: National health statistics reports - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Amanuel Melekin Manisha Sengupta Source Type: research

Living Alone and Feelings of Depression Among Adults Age 18 and Older
Conclusion-Adults living alone had higher reported feelings of depression than adults living with others. Differences in feelings of depression by living arrangement were observed for most of the characteristics examined.PMID:38411535 (Source: National health statistics reports)
Source: National health statistics reports - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Laryssa Mykyta Source Type: research

Infection Control Policies and Practices in Residential Care Communities by Selected Organizational and Geographic Characteristics: United States, 2020
This report presents nationally representative percentages of RCCs with infection control programs by selected characteristics. Methods-Data are from the RCC component of the 2020 National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study, conducted biennially by the National Center for Health Statistics. The study asked four binary questions, including whether the RCC had a written Emergency Operations Plan that was specific to or included pandemic response, had a designated staff member or consultant responsible for coordinating the infection control program, offered annual influenza vaccination to residents, and offered annual influe...
Source: National health statistics reports - February 27, 2024 Category: American Health Authors: Amanuel Melekin Manisha Sengupta Source Type: research