2018 MCBS Chartbook is now available!

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CMS has released the annual update to the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Chartbook with data for 2018 located here.  The MCBS Chartbook is designed to provide the public with a collection of charts and tables presenting estimates from the MCBS.

 

The MCBS Chartbook is organized into 5 sections:

• Section 1: Who is in the Medicare Population? Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries.
• Section 2: How Healthy are Medicare Beneficiaries? Self-reported health status and health behaviors of Medicare beneficiaries.
• Section 3: What is the Medicare Population’s Access to Care and How Satisfied Are They with Their Care? Access to and satisfaction with health care services.
• Section 4: What Health Care Services Do Medicare Beneficiaries Receive? Health care use by Medicare beneficiaries across nine service categories, including: inpatient hospital services, outpatient hospital services, physician/supplier services, dental services, prescription drugs, Medicare hospice, Medicare home health, skilled nursing facility, and long-term nursing home care.
• Section 5: How Much Do Health Care Services for the Medicare Population Cost? Health care expenditures and all sources of payment across service categories.

 

The 2018 MCBS Chartbook features several updates. Two measures have been permanently added to the Chartbook with this release: (1) self-reported limited English proficiency in Section 1 and (2) out-of-pocket Medicare premium expenditures in Section 5. In addition, the 2018 version of the Chartbook includes a special feature on language use among Medicare beneficiaries.