NMCES (National Medical Care Expenditure Survey) Household Interview Instruments: Instruments and Procedures 1

摘要

This report describes the questionnaires used in the household survey, one of the three NMCES data collection components. An overview of the household survey is provided and the structure of the interviews is discussed, as well as the types of data collected for each instrument in each round of interviewing. The location of specific groups of questions among the various instruments is shown. Two household survey control forms--the reporting unit folder and the control form--are reproduced and their use in the survey is discussed. Particular attention is given to the set of core questions asked in five of six rounds of interviewing, which inquired into disability days, the use of various types of health services and associated charges and sources of payment, health insurance coverage, and health conditions. Supplements to the core questionnaire are discussed; these were generally administered once during the course of the survey and were designed to collect data on health insurance policies, employment and income, and access to care.