Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, Access to Care, Calendar Year 1992: [United States] (ICPSR 6332)

Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. Health Care Financing Administration

Summary: 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 ... (more info)

Series: Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Series

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U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration. MEDICARE CURRENT BENEFICIARY SURVEY, ACCESS TO CARE, CALENDAR YEAR 1992: [UNITED STATES]. 2nd ICPSR release. Baltimore, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration [producer], 1996. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06332.v2

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06332.v2

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Summary:   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.

Subject Terms:   aging population, beneficiaries, death, economic issues, health care access, health care services, health expenditures, health insurance, health services utilization, health status, medical care, Medicare, older adults, payment methods, social support

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:  

• 1992

Date of Collection:  

• 1992

Universe:   Medicare beneficiaries.

Data Types:   survey data, and administrative records data

Data Collection Notes:

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

Sample:   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.

Data Source:

personal interviews and HCFA's national claims history database (NCH)

Original ICPSR Release:  1994-10-19

Version History:

• 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 25 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.
• 1997-04-22 Part 7 (Health Status and Functioning Record File) and Part 11 (Health Insurance Record File) have been resupplied by the principal investigator to correct several variables. In addition, the billing records data (Parts 25-30) were withdrawn from distribution by the principal investigator.

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