1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey: Public Use Tape 14.4. Household Survey,Hospital Stays, Calendar Year 1987. Data Tape File Documentation

摘要

The public use data tape from the Household Survey (HS) of the 1987 NationalMedical Expenditure Survey (NMES) contains information and related documentation on the use of and expenditures, and sources of payment for inpatient hospital stays and associated physician expenses for calendar year 1987. The NMES is a nationwide survey sponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. The HS was designed to produce statistically unbiased estimates of health status, use of health services, insurance coverage, expenditures and sources of payment for the civilian noninstitutionalized population during the period from January 1 to December 31, 1987. The records on this file represent inpatient hospital stays, length of stay, basic facility and separate physician expenditures, and sources of payment for persons in the civilian noninstitutionalized population who reported having had at least one inpatient hospital stay during calendar year 1987 and who responded for their entire period of eligibility. The data file contains one record per inpatient hospital stay for a total of 5,432 records. In addition, each record contains selected person-level demographic information, household reported medical conditions and procedures associated with the hospital stay, dates of admission and discharge, main reason for admission, and number of nights in the hospital.