New York State Home Health Agency Patient and Discharge Statistics

New York State data contains annual patient, case, and discharge counts for Certified Home Health Agencies and Long-Term Home Health Care Programs. It includes agency-level operational statistics such as Patient_Census and Cases_Count. The data is self-reported annually to health.data.ny.gov.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional service demand by correlating Patient_Count with Org_City and Org_Zip.
• Model patient discharge patterns to nursing homes using Patient_Disch_to_NHs and Cases_Disch_Tot.
• Track agency operational volume over time using Patient_Census and Cases_Count across multiple Report_Period entries.
• Identify high-volume service providers by ranking agencies based on Patient_Count and Cases_Count.

Strengths

• Data covers multiple reporting years via the Report_Period field.
• Includes 13 distinct columns for agency identification and operational metrics.

Limitations

• Exact row count and total patient volume are unknown.
• Data is limited to New York State, not nationally representative.
• Relies on self-reported information from agencies.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Self-reported annually by Certified Home Health Agencies and Long-Term Home Health Care Programs.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated annually; last update was 2025-07-21.

Geography

New York State, USA