DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06332.v2
title: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Access to Care, Calendar Year 1992: [United States]
title: Version 2

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: 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.
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 beneficiaries.
description: On March 13, 1997, the HCFA withdrew the billing
records data (Parts 25-30) from distribution.