DOI: 10.3886/icpsr06637.v1
title: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Access to Care, Calendar Year 1993: [United States]
title: Version 1

description: This data collection is the third 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 1993 interview data were collected during September through December of 1993, the seventh round of data collection. The 1993 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 ID Data 
 DS2: SAS Data Definition Statements for Key ID Data 
 DS3: Administrative ID Data 
 DS4: SAS Data Definition Statements for Administrative ID Data 
 DS5: Survey ID Data 
 DS6: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey ID Data 
 DS7: Survey Health Status and Functioning Data 
 DS8: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Health Status and Functioning Data 
 DS9: Survey Access to Care Data 
 DS10: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Access to Care 
 DS11: Survey Health Insurance Data 
 DS12: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Health Insurance Data 
 DS13: Survey Enumeration Data 
 DS14: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Enumeration Data 
 DS15: Survey Facility Residence History Data 
 DS16: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Facility Residence History 
 DS17: Survey Facility ID Data 
 DS18: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Facility ID Data 
 DS19: Survey Interview Data 
 DS20: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Interview Data 
 DS21: Survey Cross-Sectional Weights Data 
 DS22: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey Cross-Sectional Weights Data 
 DS23: Survey R4/7 Longitudinal Weights Data 
 DS24: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey R4/7 Longitudinal Weights Data 
 DS25: Survey R1/4/7 Longitudinal Weights Data 
 DS26: SAS Data Definition Statements for Survey R1/4/7 Longitudinal Weights
description: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Series
description: On March 13, 1997, the HCFA withdrew the billing records data (Parts 27-33) 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 1993 Round 7 data include interviews for 10,936 persons in the longitudinal sample (Round 1 and 4 interviews completed), or initial interviews conducted in Round 4 (supplemental sample -- Round 4). An additional 1,927 interviews were completed for Round 7 supplemental sample persons. A total of 11,817 community interviews and 1,046 institutional interviews were completed for Round 7.