National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) Household Survey, 1987

General: The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) is a three-part national survey of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, American Indians, Alaska natives, and residents of institutions and facilities for the mentally retarded. NMES uses information reported for the U.S. non-institutionalized population, including patient demography, medical condition information, and use and expenditures for prescribed medicines, inpatient hospital stays and associated physician expenses, home health care and medical equipment purchases and rentals. Various subsets are available.

 

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR)

Size: depends on tape

Years: 1987

Media: Original: 9-track tape

Format: Original: EBCDIC Fixed Length

RecordLength: Edited and constructed variables file = 775

Structure: Both variables files contain 1 record per person

Complexity: Moderate; operating system utility is available for converting EBCDIC records of fixed length to ASCII.