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

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: 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.
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 beneficiaries.
description: On March 13, 1997, the HCFA withdrew
the billing records data (Parts 27-33) from distribution.