Sample Design of the National Medical Expenditure Survey Institutional PopulationComponent, Methods 6 (Revision)

摘要

The Institutional Population Component (IPC) of the 1987 National MedicalExpenditure Survey was established to provide an assessment of the utilization costs, sources of payment, and health status of the U.S. population in nursing and personal care homes and in facilities for the mentally retarded. The IPC sample was designed to yield national and regional estimates of health care use and expenditures at the facility level and for the institutional user population, both in the aggregate and according to type of institution. The report provides a detailed description of the IPC sample design and a summary of sample yields for both the facility interviews and the subsequent baseline interviews for a sample of residents in facilities on January 1, 1987 and 1987 admissions. Details on the weighting strategies developed to obtain national estimates of health care parameters for the institutionalized population are described. Particular attention is given to the estimation strategy designed to yield use and expenditure estimates for the 1987 institutional user population.