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By tapping into the perspectives of older adults and their caregivers, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA) helps inform the public, health care providers, policymakers, and advocates on issues related to health, health care and health policy affecting Americans 50 years of age and older. The poll is designed as a recurring, nationally representative household survey of U.S. adults, which allows assessment of issues in a timely fashion. Launched in spring 2017, the NPHA is modeled after the highly successful University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. The NPHA grew out of a strong interest in aging-related issues among many members of the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), which brings together more than 600 faculty who study health, health care and the impacts of health policy. IHPI directs the poll which is sponsored by AARP and Michigan Medicine, the University of Michigan academic medical center. More waves of the NPHA data can be found on the NACDA-OAR site: National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA), [United States], October 2017 National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA), [United States], March 2018 National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA), [United States], October 2018 National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA), [United States], May 2019 The various waves of NPHA represent separate samples of participants and cannot be joined or merged.