National Medical Expenditure Survey, 1987 : Health Insurance Plans Survey Data, Private Insurance Benefit Database...[Public Use Tape 16] / United States Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 6168.

ICPSR ; 6168

National Medical Expenditure Survey Series ; 6168

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance--United States--Statistics.

Health insurance.

United States.

Medical care, Cost of--United States--Statistics.

Medical care, Cost of.

Medical care--Utilization--United States--Statistics.

Medical care.

Medical care--Utilization.

Medical care surveys--United States.

Medical care surveys.

Health surveys--United States.

Health surveys.

Genre:

Statistics.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) series provides information on health expenditures by or on behalf of families and individuals, the financing of these expenditures, and each person's use of services. Public Use Tape 16 is the second public use data release from the NMES Health Insurance Plans Survey (HIPS). The purpose of the HIPS was to verify information reported by respondents to two components of the NMES, the Household Survey and the Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives (SAIAN), about their health insurance coverage. Additional details were also obtained from the employers, unions, and insurance companies through which coverage was provided. Parts 1 and 2 of Public Use Tape 16 are files that can be used to link data to Household Survey policyholders in NATIONAL MEDICAL EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1987: POLICYHOLDERS OF PRIVATE INSURANCE: PREMIUMS, PAYMENT SOURCES, AND TYPES AND SOURCE OF COVERAGE [PUBLIC USE TAPE 15] (ICPSR 9901). These link files permit identification of the records in the Private Health Insurance Benefit Database (Parts 3-17 of this collection) that describe the specific benefits held by the policyholders. These files also permit linkage to the personal and socioeconomic characteristics for these policyholders found in NATIONAL MEDICAL EXPENDITURE SURVEY, 1987: HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND PERSON-LEVEL UTILIZATION, ROUNDS 1-4 [PUBLIC USE TAPE 13] (ICPSR 9695). Future link files will permit linkage of the Benefit Database to persons in the SAIAN and to dependents of policyholders in the Household Survey. The section files of the Benefit Database, Parts 4-13, contain information on Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), copayments, basic coverage, hospital and medical services, cost-containment provisions, major medical coverage, dental care, prescription drugs, vision and hearing c... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06168

Contents:

Part 1: Link File to Public Use Tape 15 for Employment-Related Insurance; Part 2: Link File to Public Use Tape 15 for Non-Employment-Related Insurance; Part 3: Header File; Part 4: Health Maintenance Organizations; Part 5: Benefits Provided Under Basic Coverage; Part 6: Cost-Containment Provisions Under Basic Coverage; Part 7: Benefits Provided Under Major Medical Coverage; Part 8: Cost-Containment Provisions Under Major Medical Coverage; Part 9: Dental Care Benefits; Part 10: Prescription Drug Benefits; Part 11: Vision Care Benefits; Part 12: Hearing Care Benefits; Part 13: Medigap/Retiree Benefits; Part 14: General Benefits Schedule; Part 15: Deductible Schedule; Part 16: Coinsurance Schedule; Part 17: Maximum Schedule; Part 18: Technical and Programming Information and Data Dictionary; Part 19: SAS Control Cards for All Parts

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61156572

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.