New York State Statewide Certified Home Health Care Agency (CHHA) and Long-Term Home Health Care Program (LTHHCP) Annual Statistical Report: Patients and Cases by Service Type and County

The dataset includes CHHA and LTHHCP information at the county level for the number of patients and services provided for the reporting year.

CHHAs/LTHHCPs provide part time, intermittent, skilled services which are of a preventative, therapeutic, rehabilitative, health guidance and/or supportive nature to persons at home. Home health services include nursing services; home health aide services; medical supplies, equipment and appliances suitable for use in the home; and at least one additional service that may include physical therapy; occupational therapy; speech pathology; nutritional services; and medical social services.

The purpose of collecting data from service providers is to obtain their demographic information as well as past operational statistics like volume, patient census, types of services provided, or workload information. This data is self-reported annually.

本数据集包含报告年度内各县域的CHHA（社区健康助手）和LTHHCP（长期家庭健康护理计划）信息，包括患者数量及提供的服务。CHHA/LTHHCPs提供部分时间、间歇性、专业技能服务，其性质为预防性、治疗性、康复性、健康指导及/或支持性，旨在服务于居家人员。家庭健康服务包括护理服务、家庭健康助手服务、适用于家庭使用的医疗用品、设备和器具，以及至少一项其他服务，可能包括物理治疗、职业治疗、言语病理学、营养服务以及医疗社会工作服务。收集服务提供者数据的目的是获取其人口统计学信息以及过往的运营统计数据，如服务量、患者人数、提供的服务类型或工作负荷信息。此类数据每年进行自报。