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.
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.
tape and diskette. The person,
medical visit, hospital stay, prescribed medicine and other expense, dental visits, and
condition files are ordered as a group; the family file is ordered separately and is
available only on tape.