Cross-section data originating from the US National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) conducted in 1987 and 1988. The NMES is based upon a representative, national probability sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population and individuals admitted to long-term care facilities during 1987. The data are a subsample of individuals ages 66 and over all of whom are covered by Medicare (a public insurance program providing substantial protection against health-care costs).
NMES1988NMES1988A data frame containing 4,406 observations on 19 variables:
Number of physician office visits.
Number of non-physician office visits.
Number of physician hospital outpatient visits.
Number of non-physician hospital outpatient visits.
Emergency room visits.
Number of hospital stays.
Factor indicating self-perceived health status, levels are "poor", "average" (reference category), "excellent".
Number of chronic conditions.
Factor indicating whether the individual has a condition that limits activities of daily living ("limited") or not ("normal").
Factor indicating region, levels are northeast, midwest, west, other (reference category).
Age in years (divided by 10).
Factor. Is the individual African-American?
Factor indicating gender.
Factor. Is the individual married?
Number of years of education.
Family income in USD 10,000.
Factor. Is the individual employed?
Factor. Is the individual covered by private insurance?
Factor. Is the individual covered by Medicaid?
This dataset comes from the AER R package.