Reason for
Visit Classification, Drug Entry List, Generic Ingredient List: These
classifications are updated on an annual basis and printed in the documentation
for each survey year. In addition, text formats for reason for visit, drug
entry, and generic ingredient codes are all available in downloadable SAS
formats for data years 1993-2006 and SPSS syntax files for
2002-2006. The SAS and SPSS formats also include text labels for the following
codes: diagnosis, cause of injury, procedures, and therapeutic class of
drug.
NAMCS/NHAMCS
Publications List - This contains a complete chronological listing of
citations for all NCHS reports, journal articles, and other publications
using NAMCS and NHAMCS data. It is meant to be a reference document and
does not provide links to downloadable reports.
Downloadable
NCHS Reports - Selected NCHS reports are listed here, which can be
viewed or downloaded.
Public-Use
Data Files (micro-data)(1973-2006) Downloadable data files:
Notice: Currently, NAMCS
and NHAMCS public-use files for 1993-2006 contain sample design variables in
masked form. The initial release of the 2000-2006 public-use files included
masked sample design variables. We re-released the 1993-99 NAMCS and NHAMCS
files to include these variables. For re-released files, file names and
layouts are essentially the same, but the design variables were appended to
each file according to a generic file layout that is available for
downloading below. Public-use files for previous years of data will be
re-released with masked sample design variables on an ongoing basis.
However, data users should note
that, beginning with the 2002 public use files, two new masked design
variables were added to the file, for use with statistical software that
assumes a single stage of sampling. For the 2003 public use files
and beyond, the
decision was made to include only these two masked design variables
for variance estimation.
Therefore, data users who wish to combine years of data from 2003
and beyond with
years prior to 2002 will need to create these two variables for each file
prior to 2002. A technical paper, Using Ultimate Cluster Models with
NAMCS and NHAMCS Public Use Files, gives instructions.
NAMCS,
1993-2006 NAMCS,
1973-1992 NHAMCS,
1992-2006 Public
Use Data File Updates Downloadable documentation:
Notice:
For data years 1993-99, be sure to download not only the original
file documentation for each year, but also the supplemental files that
explain the new sample design variables that have been added to each
file. The supplemental files also include descriptions of any revisions
that may have been made to the original data files. NAMCS,
1993-2006 NAMCS,
1973-1992 NHAMCS,
1992-2006 Documentation
Updates
NAMCS and NHAMCS data can also be downloaded
from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(ICPSR). SAS Documentation:
Notice:
We now have SAS input statements, variable labels, value labels,
and format assignments available for NAMCS and NHAMCS data years 1993-2006. NAMCS SAS
Input Statements SAS Variable Labels
and Format Assignments SAS Value Labels NHAMCS SAS
Input Statements SAS Variable Labels
and Format Assignments SAS Value Labels
Analyzing
Data from the NAMCS and the NHAMCS
by Linda McCaig and David Woodwell
Understanding
and Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Data: A Hands-On Workshop (Part 1)
by Susan Schappert PDF SETS Workbook
Understanding
and Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Data: A Hands-On Workshop (Part 2 – Using
Public Use Data Files)
by Eric Nawar SAS,
SUDAAN, and Stata Exercises
Medication
Data from Nationally Representative Provider and Population-Based Surveys
by Lisa Dwyer, Saeid Raofi, Karen Lees, and Ryne Paulose
2004 Data Users
Conference Presentations
Overview
of the NAMCS and NHAMCS
by Linda McCaig and David Woodwell
Understanding
and Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Data: A Hands-On Workshop (Part 1)
by Susan Schappert SETS Workbook
Understanding
and Using NAMCS and NHAMCS Data: A Hands-On Workshop (Part 2 – Using
Raw-Data Files)
by Don Cherry SAS and SUDAAN
Exercises
Using
NAMCS Data for Injury Analysis
by Linda McCaig
Characteristics
of EDs Serving High Volumes of Safety Net Patients
by Catharine Burt
Using
Past Visit Information to Enhance Analysis of NAMCS Data
by Catharine Burt
Translating
Visits into Patients Using Ambulatory Visit Data
by Esther Hing and Julia Holmes
Women’s
Health: Data from the NAMCS and NHAMCS
by Esther Hing
Analyzing
Data on Medications Collected in the National Health Care Survey
by Catharine Burt