National medical expenditure survey, 1987
Subtitle: Household survey, expenditures, sources of payment, and population data (public use tape 18)
By: principal investigator United States Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Series: ICPSR -- 6247; ICPSR (Series) -- 6247
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Format: computer file /
Subjects: Medical care surveys; Databases; Cost of Medical care; Household surveys; National Medical Expenditure Survey (U.S.)
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 Household survey was fielded over four rounds of personal and telephone interviews at four-months intervals. Baseline data on house hold composition, employment, and insurance characteristics were updated each quarter,and information on all uses of and expenditures for health care services and sources of payment was obtained. In addition to the core data, Public Use Tape 18 provides supplemental information on income, assets, and taxes. Also included are demographic characteristics of respondents, tax filing status, home ownership, type of occupation, medical deductions, type of payment for health care, day care arrangements for children, pregnancies during 1987, related prenatal care, veteran status, and loss of a close relative or friend.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Description based on: documentation, 1st ICPSR release, January 1994.

United States.

System requirements: a computer capable of reading 9 track tapes.