National Medical Expenditure Survey NMES4 IPC Feasibility Study. IPC Expenditure Data: An Evaluation of Data Collection Procedures. Deliverable IV.D.2

摘要

The report examines the instruments and procedures used to collect data on expenditures for long term care in the Institutional Population Component (IPC) of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES2). The evaluation focuses particularly on the instruments and procedures associated with six areas specified by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) as possible sources of error in the 1987 data. The report evaluates the 1987 approach and suggests alternatives for minimizing any difficulties seen in the 1987 data.