AIDS Cost and Services Utilization Survey: Public Use Tape 2 (Time 1 and Time 2 Adult Patient Survey Questionnaires). Data Tape Documentation

摘要

The AIDs Cost and Services Utilization Survey (ACSUS) sample uses a three-stage cluster design. Stage one purposefully selected 10 geographic areas to assure regional diversity. In stage two, 26 providers (hospitals, outpatient clinics, and private practitioners) in the selected cities were selected purposefully. In stage three, patients were stratified by age (adult and pediatric), sex, disease stage (AIDS, HIV-symptomatic, and HIV-asymptomatic), risk group, and insurance status, and a probability sample was selected within each provider. Tape 2 data covers approximately 1,949 HIV-infected patients and represents self-reported, interim information collected in the ACSUS Adult Time 1 and 2 questionnaires. The data span approximately a six month period beginning March 1991 through September 1991.