DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06118.v1
title: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Calendar Year 1991: [United States]
title: Version 1

description: This data collection is the first in a series of data releases planned from the ongoing Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). The MCBS is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a representative sample of the Medicare population. Sample persons are interviewed three times a year over several years to form a continuous profile of their health care experience. Field work for Round 1 began in September of 1991 and was completed in December. New rounds, which involve reinterviewing the same sample persons (or other appropriate respondents), begin every four months. Interviews are conducted regardless of whether the sample person resides at home or in a long-term care facility, using the questionnaire version appropriate to the setting. This first-round interview captured baseline information about the Medicare population, including their demographic characteristics (date of birth, sex, race, education, military service, and marital status), health status and functioning, insurance coverage, financial resources, and family support. Round 1 of the community interview, which questioned respondents living at home, also included a topical supplement on access to medical care, sources of medical care, and satisfaction with medical care.
description: Respondents were sampled from the Medicare enrollment file to be representative of the Medicare population as a whole and by age group: under 45, 45-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, and 85 and over. Because of interest in their special health care needs, the oldest old (85 and over) and the disabled (64 and under) were oversampled to permit detailed analysis of these subpopulations. The sample was drawn from 107 primary sampling units (PSUs) chosen to represent the nation, including 41 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, with a second stage of 1,163 geographic clusters randomly drawn within those PSUs. The sample is replenished annually for attrition, as well as for newly eligible persons. The Round 1 MCBS sample consisted of 14,530 Medicare beneficiaries, for whom 12,677 interviews were completed. The response rate for the first round was 87 percent, yielding 11,735 community interviews and 942 facility interviews.
description: Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Key Record File DS2: SAS Control Cards for Key Record File DS3: Administrative ID Record File DS4: SAS Control Cards for Administrative ID Record File DS5: Survey ID Record File DS6: SAS Control Cards for Survey ID Record File DS7: Health Status and Functioning Record File DS8: SAS Control Cards for Health Status and Functioning Record File DS9: Access to Care Record File DS10: SAS Control Cards for Access to Care Record File DS11: Health Insurance Record File DS12: SAS Control Cards for Health Insurance Record File DS13: Enumeration Record File DS14: SAS Control Cards for Enumeration Record File DS15: Facility Residence History Record File DS16: SAS Control Cards for Facility Residence History Record File DS17: Facility ID Record File DS18: SAS Control Cards for Facility ID Record File DS25: SAS Control Cards for Parts 19-24, Billing Record Files DS26: Codebook for All Parts DS27: Additional SAS Code for SAS Control Cards for Administrative ID Record File
description: Medicare beneficiaries.
description: The National Claims History dictionary elements are available in hardcopy form only.On March 13, 1997, the HCFA withdrew the Billing Records data (Parts 19-24) from distribution.