National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) ...

analyze the national health interview survey (nhis) with r

the national health interview survey (nhis) is a household survey about health status and utilization. each annual data set can be used to examine the disease burden and access to care that individuals and families are currently experiencing across the country. check out the wikipedia article (ohh hayy i wrote that) for more detail about its current and potential uses. if you're cooking up a health-related analysis that doesn't need medical expenditures or monthly health insurance coverage, look at nhis before the medical expenditure panel survey (it's sample is twice as big). the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has been keeping nhis real since 1957, and the scripts below automate the download, importation, and analysis of every file ...