DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06467.v1
title: National Medical Expenditure Survey, 1987: Institutional Population Component, Facility Use and Expenditure Data for Residents of Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation [Research File 22r]
title: Version 1

description: The National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) series 
 provides information on health expenditures by or on behalf of families 
 and individuals, the financing of these expenditures, and each person's 
 use of services. The NMES Research File 22R contains use and 
 expenditure data on a nationally representative sample of persons who 
 spent any time in facilities for persons with mental retardation during 
 1987. These data are from the NATIONAL MEDICAL EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 
 1987: INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION COMPONENT (ICPSR 9280), which is a 
 survey of nursing/personal care homes and facilities for the mentally 
 retarded and residents admitted to those facilities. Variables from the 
 person-level data include demographic characteristics (age, race, sex), 
 admission dates, vital status during 1987 (living or deceased), 
 residence history, spouse characteristics (age, health), insurance 
 coverage, income, and medical conditions (epilepsy, mental retardation, 
 schizophrenia). The institutional stay data contain one record per stay 
 for stays associated with a formal admission and/or discharge. 
 Variables include information on episodes of institutional care, dates 
 of stays (beginning date and ending date), and institutional 
 characteristics such as size, ownership, and certification status. The 
 expenditures and sources of payment billing data contain one record per 
bill for each eligible facility.
description: The NMES Institutional Population Component sample was 
 based on a two-stage probability design with facilities selected in the 
 first stage and persons within facilities in the second stage. Three 
 strata were used for the facility sample: nursing and personal care 
 homes with three or more beds, intermediate care facilities for the 
 mentally retarded with 3-15 beds, and all remaining facilities for the 
 mentally retarded with more than 15 beds. A total of 810 nursing and 
 personal care homes and 691 facilities for the mentally retarded were 
 sampled. Research File 22R contains data on the residents of the 
facilities for persons with mental retardation.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Person Characteristics Data
DS2: Institutional Stay Data
DS3: Expenditures and Sources of Payment Billing Data
description: Individuals who were admitted to a facility for persons 
with mental retardation during 1987.
description: Records in these files can be linked to each other and 
 to all NMES public use tapes from the Institutional Population 
 Component by using the person identifier (SPERIDX) and facility 
 identifiers (OFIDX and FIDX). NMES research files are intended for 
 users who are familiar with NMES public use tapes and have experience 
 analyzing complex survey data. The files have not been subjected to the 
 same level of quality control as standard NMES public use tapes, and 
 therefore the data should be analyzed and interpreted with care. The 
 three data files in this collection are similar in structure and 
 content to those provided on NATIONAL MEDICAL EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1987: 
 INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION COMPONENT, FACILITY USE AND EXPENDITURE DATA 
 FOR NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE HOME RESIDENTS [PUBLIC USE TAPE 17] 
 (ICPSR 6158). Users should consult the NMES Public Use Tape 17 
 documentation for details on file structure, data editing, and methods 
of creating constructed variables.