National Medical Expenditure Survey, 1987: Household Survey, Prescribed Medicines for Medicare Beneficiaries (ICPSR 9340)

1. (1) The principal investigator was formerly known as the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment. (2) The age distribution for Part 1: 17 and under (N=8), 18-63 (N=444), 64 (N=246), 65-74 (N=3,246), 75-84 (N=1,685), 85+ (N=409). (3) Parts 1 and 2 are linked by common identification variables. (4) Hard copy supplementary materials to the machine-readable documentation in Part 3 are supplied for this collection. (5) Part 2 contains alphabetic variables. (6) NMES consists of several surveys including two household panel surveys: the Household Survey and the Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives (SAIAN). The Household Survey, from which this data collection is derived, surveyed the United States noninstitutionalized population and was fielded over four rounds of personal and telephone interviews at four-month intervals, with a short telephone interview constituting the fifth final round. SAIAN, which was conducted over three rounds of personal interviews, surveyed all persons who were eligible for care through the Indian Health Service and were living on or near reservations. These household surveys were supplemented by additional surveys, most important of which are the Health Insurance Plans Survey of employers and insurers of consenting household survey respondents, and the Medical Provider Survey of physicians, osteopaths, and inpatient and outpatient facilities, including home health care agencies reported as providing services to any member of the noninstitutionalized population sample. NMES also surveyed persons resident in or admitted to long-term care facilities (nursing homes and facilities for the mentally retarded) at any time in 1987. Information on these individuals was obtained from the Survey of Institutions, which collected data from facility administrators and designated staff, and the Survey of Next-of-Kin, which collected data from the respondent's next-of-kin or other knowledgeable persons. Together, the major components of NMES provide measures of health status and estimates of insurance coverage and the use of services, expenditures, and sources of payment for the period from January 1 to December 31, 1987 for the civilian population of the United States. NMES continues a series of national health care expenditure surveys carried out in the past, particularly the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditures Survey (ICPSR 8239) and the 1977 National Medical Care Expenditures Survey (ICPSR 8325, 8627, and 9076).

personal interviews and telephone interviews

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. NATIONAL MEDICAL EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1987: HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, PRESCRIBED MEDICINES FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES. Chicago, IL: National Opinion Research Center, Bethesda, MD: Social and Scientific Systems Inc., and Rockville, MD: Westat Inc. [producers], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09340.v1

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