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National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey (NMCUES) Public-use Data Files
Survey description
Data file description
List of data file variables at a glance
Data file technical characteristics
Geographic coverage
Data availability
Ordering information
Documentation contents
Related reports
Contact
Survey description
The National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure
Survey (NMCUES) was a panel survey designed to collect data about the U.S. civilian
noninstitutionalized population in 1980. Information was obtained on health, access to and
use of medical services, associated charges and sources of payment, and health insurance
coverage. NMCUES consisted of three survey components. The National Household Component
comprised about 6,000 randomly selected households that were interviewed five times during
14 months in 1980-81. The State Medicaid Household Component consisted of about 4,000
households selected from the Medicaid eligibility files in California, Michigan, New York,
and Texas (1,000 households in each State). Each household was interviewed five times
during 14 months in 1980-81. The Administrative Records Component was used to obtain
information on program eligibility and payments for Medicare for persons receiving
Medicare and Medicaid.
Data file description
The NMCUES public-use data files contain only respondent
data from the National Household Survey. These data are from a sample of 17,123 persons
representing the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. The
public-use file consists of seven fixed-length files.
List of data file variables at a glance
Header on all files
Participant sequence number
Stratum and replicate codes
Basic and time-adjusted weights
Response status
Geographic region and Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Area codes
Family number and income level
Age, race, sex, and ethnicity
Marital status
Education
Veteran status and service disability
Employment in 1980
Limitation of activity
Perceived health status
Insurance coverage by type
Imputation indicators
Person file (1 record per individual)
Interview collection information
Annual number of:
Bed days
Work-loss days
Cutdown days
Restricted-activity days
Medical practitioner visits
Emergency room visits
Hospital discharges
Nights in hospital
Prescribed medicines
Other medical expenses
Total charges and out-of-pocket costs for:
Medical practitioner visits by type
Emergency rooms
Outpatient hospital
Inpatient hospital
Prescribed medicines
Other medical expenses
Type of insurance by quarter
Work characteristics
Income characteristics
Limitation condition codes
Medical unattended conditions
Disability condition codes
Practitioner office characteristics
Personal limitations
Imputation indicators
Medical visit file (1 record per visit)
Visit date
Flat fee amount
Total charge
Source of payment and amount (up to 4)
Conditions associated with visit (up to 4)
Type of visit
Type of clinic
Place of visit
Type of physician seen
Type of nonphysician seen
Type of service (up to 3)
Type of emergency care
Reason for emergency care
Surgery
X rays
Laboratory tests
Diagnostic procedures
Admitted to hospital
Imputation indicators
Hospital stay file (1 record per hospital stay)
Admission date
Flat fee amount
Total charge
Source of payment and amount (up to 4)
Conditions associated with hospital stay (up to 4)
Abnormal birth conditions (up to 4)
Nights in hospital
Condition at admission
Operations performed by type (up to 3)
X rays
Laboratory tests
Diagnostic procedures
Mother sequence number
Type of hospital
Type of service
Number of doctors
Type of doctor and flat fee or total charge associated
with doctor (up to 5 doctors and 3
sources of
payment for each doctor)
Imputation indicators
Prescribed medicine and other expense file (1
record per item)
Date
Flat fee amount
Total charge
Source and amount of payment (up to 3)
Conditions associated with medicine (up to 3)
Type of expense
Prescribed medicine code
Times obtained
Imputation indicators
Dental visit file (1 record per visit)
Visit date
Flat fee amount
Total charge
Source of payment and amount (up to 3)
Type of service:
X rays
Teeth cleaned
Examination
Orthodontia
Fillings
Extractions
Root canals
Bridges
Dentures
Other
Imputation Indicators
Condition file (up to
3 records for each condition reported by the respondent)
Type of condition
Date condition noticed or occurred
Condition recode
Number for each condition:
Bed days
Work-loss days
Restricted-activity days
Number and total charges for:
Emergency room visits
Outpatient department visits
Physician visits
Hospital stays
Prescribed medicines
Other provider visits
Outpatient hospital visits
Reason didn't see physician
Family file (1 record per family)
Family definition information
Family beginning date
Family ending date
Number of:
Bed days
Cutdown days
Restricted-activity days
Medical practitioner visits
Emergency room visits
Hospital discharges
Nights in hospital
Prescribed medicines
Other medical expenses
Total charges and out-of-pocket costs for:
Medical practitioner visits by type
Emergency rooms
Outpatient hospital
Inpatient hospital
Prescribed medicines
Other medical expenses
Type of insurance
Work characteristics
Income characteristics
Limitation condition codes
Medical unattended conditions
Disability condition codes
Practitioner office characteristics
Personal limitations
Imputation indicators
Data file technical characteristics
The following table describes the specific
characteristics of each file. The block size and record length pertain to data stored on
tape.
| Type of file | Record length |
Block size |
Number
of records |
| Person | 640 | 32,000 | 17,123 |
| Medical visit | 247 | 31,864 | 86,594 |
| Hospital stay | 529 | 31,740 | 2,946 |
| Prescribed
medicine andother expenses |
208 | 31,824 | 58,544 |
| Dental visits | 165 | 31,845 | 23,113 |
| Condition | 222 | 31,968 | 51,465 |
| Family | 1,164 | 31,428 | 6,863 |
Geographic coverage
The National sample consist of 17,123 persons in about
6,500 families in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Data availability
Data from the 1980 NMCUES are available on
Ordering information
Data from this survey are only available
through the National Technical Information Service
Data on tape
| Data year | NTIS order no. | Price |
| 1980 | PB83-229542 | $895.00 |
| PB87-172326 (family data) | 305.00 |
Data on diskette
| Data year | NTIS order no. | Price |
| 1980 | PB86-167558 | $682.00 |
Documentation contents
Each data tape package includes the data collection and
processing methodology; imputation and weighting procedures; and a description, tape
position, and record count of each data field. Each field (where applicable) is linked to
its original questionnaire item number. Also included are data tape user memoranda, which
update information.
Related reports
Information relevant to the data tapes can be found in
"Procedures and Questionnaires of the National Medical Care Utilization and
Expenditure Survey," DHHS Publication Number (PHS) 83-200-01. Published reports on
the survey are available in NCHS
Contact
Robert A. Wright
Utilization and Expenditures Statistics Branch
Division of Health Interview Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3311 Toledo Road Room 2217
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
(301) 458-4595
This page last reviewed
September 09, 2008
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