CMS releases 2016 Public Use File for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS).
The MCBS 2016 public use file (MCBS
PUF) provides a publicly available MCBS file for researchers interested in the
health, health care use, access to and satisfaction with care for Medicare
beneficiaries, while providing the very highest degree of protection to the
Medicare beneficiaries’ protected health information. Celebrating more
than 25 years of continuous data collection and the completion of over 1
million interviews, the MCBS is a continuous, in-person, longitudinal survey of
a representative national sample of the Medicare population. As the
largest federal health survey of the Medicare population, the MCBS plays an
essential role in monitoring and evaluating key aspects of the Medicare program
and is a leading source of information on Medicare and its impact on
beneficiaries.
The MCBS PUF is prepared from data
collected in 2016 from 12,852 community dwelling Medicare beneficiaries
representing a population of 53 million and contains standard demographic
variables, such as age categories, race/ethnicity and gender, as well as
information about health conditions, access to and satisfaction with care, type
of insurance coverage, and information on utilization, such as the number of
fee-for-service claims per beneficiary for certain health care event types.
The 2016 MCBS PUF contains new
variables on alcohol and nicotine use which have been standardized for
comparison with other Department of Health and Human Services health surveys.
Among the many topic areas in the
2016 MCBS PUF is a series of question on satisfaction with health care
access. In 2016, most Medicare beneficiaries responded that they were
generally satisfied with their access to health care.
The MCBS 2016 PUF is available free
for download, along with its accompanying documentation at:
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