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C Descriptions of Data Bases Mentioned in the Panel's Recommendations
Pages 287-312

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From page 287...
... Decennial Census of Population and Housing Estate/Personal Wealth File Linked Medicare Use NCHS Mortality Statistics File Longitudinal Study of Aging (I.SOA) Master Provider of Services File Medicaid Tape-to-Tape Project Medicare Annual Summary: Person Summary File Medicare Enrollment File 289 290 290 291 292 292 293 293 294 295 Medicare History Sample 1974 and Later 295 Medicare Part B (SMI)
From page 288...
... , 1980 National Mortality Statistics File National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS) Statistics of Income: Individual Income Tax Returns Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
From page 289...
... . The CWHS extracts data based on the serial digits of the SSN, usually at a Leo level.
From page 290...
... PUBLIC-USE DATA TAPES: County and City Data Book 1983 (most recent) , CO-STAT 1 (County Statistics 1)
From page 291...
... YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION: Micro data files have been completed for estate tax returns filed in 1963, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, and for 1982 through 1984. Currently, the study is conducted annually.
From page 292...
... DESIGN: The Medicare utilization and enrollment information in the Continuous Medicare History Sample was linked to the mortality statistics file of the National Center for Health Statistics for a No random sample of Medicare enrollees who died in 1979. Of the 70,000 decedents, records were linked for Ado.
From page 293...
... CONTENT: Interview will focus on changes in functioning, care giving, and living arrangements. TITLE: Master Provider of Services File Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
From page 294...
... Claims, provider, and reimbursements can be linked to the Medicaid enrollee who received the service, and to the provider who furnished it. TITLE: Medicare Annual Summary: Person Summary File SPONSOR: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
From page 295...
... Medicare History Sample 1974 and Later SPONSOR: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) , Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
From page 296...
... Medicare Reimbursement by State and County SPONSOR: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) , Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
From page 297...
... PUBLIC-USE DATA TAPES: For all years in which survey has been completed. TITLE: National Data Base on Aging Administration on Aging (AoA)
From page 298...
... It is compiled from magnetic tapes submitted to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) by the state vital statistics offices.
From page 299...
... An NHIS/National Death Index linkage capability was made possible after the 1984 NHIS survey year. In the future, beginning at the conclusion of the 1987 NHIS survey year, linkage capabilities will also exist between the NHIS, the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, and the National Family Growth Survey.
From page 300...
... YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION: 1984. PURPOSE: The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
From page 301...
... The Supplement on Aging (SOA) provides data on functional limitations and the health and social care received by the elderly, noninstitutionalized population, to complement the National Nursing Home Survey.
From page 302...
... CONTENT: Demographic information; medical histories; dietary information; electrocardiograms; body measurements; dermatological and ophthalmological examinations; general medical examination; hematological, blood chemistry, and urological laboratory determinations. In the detailed medical examination, additional data were collected on a subsample of adults 25-74 years by supplementary questionnaires concerning arthritis, respiratory conditions, and cardiovascular conditions; an extended medical examination, x-rays of the chest for heart size and pathology as well as lung volume and pathology; x-rays of the hip, sacroiliac, and knee joints for assessment of arthritic and related changes; spirometry and additional laboratory determinations.
From page 303...
... The population of the follow-up study includes the 14,407 persons who were ages 25-74 at the time they were examined in the original NHANES ~ Survey. CONTENT: Demographic characteristics, labor force participation, income, acute and chronic conditions, activity limitations, impairments, cognitive impairment, usual activity, changes in morbidity and self-perceived health, activities of daily living, inpatient health care utilization (hospital, nursing home, etc.~.
From page 304...
... is planned jointly with NCHSR and the Health Care Financing Administration. The household sample is expected to have about 14,000 households including oversamples of blacks, Hispanics, low-income people and people with functional limitations.
From page 305...
... , 1980 SPONSORS: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA)
From page 306...
... CONTENT: Questionnaires for the household surveys were designed to obtain some information on a repeated basis throughout the survey and some information only one time. The repetitive core of questions for Cycle 1 included health insurance coverage, episodes of illness, the number of bed days, restricted activity days, hospital admissions, physician and dental visits, other medical care encounters, and purchases of prescribed medicines.
From page 307...
... TITLE: National Nursing Home Survey (NIGHS) SPONSOR: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
From page 308...
... In 1985 survey, characteristics of registered nurses- work schedule, experience, activities in facility, demographic characteristics, and salary were collected. Next of kin: Information about residents' and discharges' living arrangements, health and functional status prior to nursing home admission, lifetime use of nursing home care, Medicaid spend-down.
From page 309...
... DESIGN: Statistics of income data are estimated from a stratified probability sample of income tax returns and supporting schedules filed with the Internal Revenue Service. The sample is based on such criteria as: principal business activity; presence or absence of a schedule; state from which filed; size of adjusted gross income (or deficit)
From page 310...
... Each household is interviewed once every 4 months for 2 2/3 years to produce sufficient data for longitudinal analyses while providing a relatively short recall period for reporting monthly income and labor force activity. The reference period for the principal survey items is the four months preceding the interview.
From page 311...
... . CONTENT: The content of SIPP was developed around a "core" of labor force and income questions designed to measure the econorn~c situation of persons ages 15 and over in the United States.
From page 312...
... PURPOSE: To furnish statistics on the operations of the social security disability program and the characteristics of the claimant population. DESIGN: The CDHS is a yearly 20~o simple random sample of initial disability claims processed by the Social Security Administration.


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