DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06332.v1
title: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Access to Care, Calendar Year 1992: [United States]
title: Version 1

description: This data collection is the second in a series of data releases from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) relating to beneficiary access to medical care. The MCBS is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a representative sample of the Medicare population, both aged and disabled. Sample persons are interviewed three times a year over several years to form a continuous profile of their health care experience. 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. The MCBS also collects a variety of information about demographic characteristics (date of birth, sex, race, education, military service, and marital status), health status and functioning, access to care, sources of and satisfaction with care, insurance coverage, financial resources, and family supports. The 1992 interview data were collected during September through December of 1992, the fourth round of data collection. The 1992 data are designed to stand alone for cross-sectional analysis, or they can be used for longitudinal analysis. Weights are provided for both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis.
description: Datasets: 
 
 DS0: Study-Level Files 
 DS1: Key Record File 
 DS2: SAS Data Definition Statements for Key Record File 
 DS3: Administrative ID Record File 
 DS4: SAS Data Definition Statements for Administrative ID Record File 
 DS5: Survey ID Record File 
 DS6: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey ID Record File 
 DS7: Health Status and Functioning Record File 
 DS8: SAS Data Definition Statements for Health Status and Functioning Record File 
 DS9: Access to Care Record File 
 DS10: SAS Data Definition Statements for Access to Care Record File 
 DS11: Health Insurance Record File 
 DS12: SAS Data Definition Statements for Health Insurance Record File 
 DS13: Enumeration Record File 
 DS14: SAS Data Definition Statements for Enumeration Record File 
 DS15: Facility Residence History Record File 
 DS16: SAS Data Definition Statements for Facility Residence History Record File 
 DS17: Facility ID Record File 
 DS18: SAS Data Definition Statements for Facility ID Record File 
 DS19: Interview File 
 DS20: SAS Data Definition Statements for Interview File 
 DS21: Cross-Sectional Weights File 
 DS22: SAS Data Definition Statements for Cross-Sectional Weights File 
 DS23: Longitudinal Weights File 
 DS24: SAS Data Definition Statements for Longitudinal Weights File
description: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Series
description: On March 13, 1997, the HCFA withdrew the billing records data (Parts 25-30) from distribution.
description: Medicare beneficiaries.
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). The 1992 Round 4 data include interviews for 10,388 persons who were interviewed in 1991 and for 1,995 new people added to the survey during the current round. The 1992 supplementary sample included newly enrolled beneficiaries, as well as previously enrolled beneficiaries who were included to improve coverage or to maintain the desired sample size.