Respected Reliable Redesigned
Rediscover the National Health
Interview Survey.
[NHIS Logo with text "Since
1957"] NHIS is the nation's
longest-running,
household-based health survey.
NHIS is the gold standard for
health care access data, health
insurance data, and
disability data.
NHIS was redesigned in 2019 to
provide better, more meaningful
data to users.
Reasons for a survey redesign
include (1) increase survey
relevance, (2) decrease
respondent burden, and (3)
enhance data quality.
New topics were added to
the NHIS questionnaire.
More data are now available
on functioning and disability,
mental health, chronic pain and
opioid use, preventive services,
and children's health.
NHIS continues to ask about
chronic conditions, health
insurance, health care access
and use, tobacco use, and
immunizations.
In some years, content will also
include physical activity, sleep
and fatigue, injuries,
allergies, and alcohol use.
The NHIS redesign provides a
more complete picture of our
nation's health.
To further improve NHIS, several
questions have been reworded to
improve accuracy.
Participants can complete
the survey much faster.
NHIS has also improved how data
are analyzed, described, and
disseminated.
These changes provide better
information to those who use
NHIS to influence
positive change.
The redesign strengthens NHIS's
standard of providing the most
reliable data available.
Monitoring the Nation's
Health Since 1957.
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