Tuesday, September 29, 2020

2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) LDS research files now available

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2018 Public Use File for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Now Available.

The MCBS 2018 public use file (MCBS 2018 PUF) is a publicly available file prepared from data collected in the MCBS in 2018. The MCBS is a continuous, in-person, longitudinal survey of a representative national sample of the Medicare population. The MCBS 2018 PUF is prepared from data collected from 13,441 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries representing a population of 56 million. The PUF contains standard demographic variables, such as age categories, race/ethnicity, and sex, as well as information about health conditions, access to and satisfaction with care, type of insurance coverage, and healthcare utilization.

The MCBS 2018 PUF is available free for download at: MCBS Public Use File Downloadable.

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