National Medical Expenditure Survey: Institutional Population Component, Phase 1 (EBCDIC File), 1987. Public Use Tape 2. Facility Data and Baseline Questionnaire Resident-Level Data Documentation

摘要

The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey: Public Use Tape 2, Institutional Population Component, Phase 1 is the second of a series of public use data files from the Institutional Population Component (IPC) of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES). The NMES is a nationwide survey sponsored by the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment (NCHSR). The IPC was designed to yield national estimates of the use of and expenditures for care during 1987 by persons who resided in nursing homes or facilities for the mentally retarded. Files contain data from two Phase 1 instruments: the Facility Questionnaire and the Baseline Questionnaire. The Facility Questionnaire was completed by administrators of 1,401 participating facilities. Data records contain bed size, type of ownership, facility certification, services routinely provided, average cost, and other information. Weights which must be used to generate nationally representative facility-level estimates are provided. The Baseline Questionnaire file contains data collected from caregivers of 6,965 randomly sampled persons who were living in the sampled facilities on January 1, 1987. Data include sociodemographic information such as age, race, sex; information on residences prior to admission; measures of functional limitations and chronic conditions; and the work history of persons in facilities for the mentally retarded.