CC37.NMES87.PUF5.FMT
ABSTRACT
1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey: Public Use Tape 5
Institutional Population Component, Facility Questionnaire Supplement
Nursing and Personal Care Homes and Facilities for the
Mentally Retarded
This documentation describes one in a series of public use
tapes from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES),
which provides a new and extensive set of data on the use of health
services and on health care expenditures in the United States.
NMES continues a series of national health care expenditure
surveys, most recently the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization
and Expenditures Survey (NMCUES) and the 1977 National Medical Care
Expenditures Survey (NMCES). Like the earlier surveys, NMES used
a national probability sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized
population in a household survey. In view of the increasing volume
and cost of long-term and institutional care, NMES included as well
the population resident in or admitted to nursing homes and
facilities for the mentally retarded over the course of the survey
year. To provide more focused estimates of the provision of long-
term care rendered in the community, the household survey
oversampled population segments known to be at risk of needing or
using services for chronic impairments or long-term illness, in
particular the elderly and the functionally impaired. Because of
continuing policy concern with populations with restricted access
to the health care delivery system, poor and low-income families
and the black and Hispanic minorities were oversampled as well. In
addition, the American Indian and Alaska Native population living
on or near reservations and eligible for the Indian Health Service
was included in NMES on the basis of a separate household sample.
Together, the major components of the National Medical
Expenditure Survey provide national estimates of health status and
estimates of insurance coverage and the use of services,
expenditures, and sources of payment for the period from January 1
to December 31, 1987. The reports of health care expenditures and
insurance coverage obtained in the household surveys are
supplemented by additional surveys; most important among these are
the Health Insurance Plan Survey of employers and insurers of
consenting household survey respondents, and the Medical Provider
Survey of physicians, osteopaths, and inpatient and outpatient
facilities, including home health care agencies, which were
reported as providing services to any member of the
noninstitutionalized population sample. A Medicare Records
component is used to provide a record check on 1987 eligibility
status and claims information of all Medicare beneficiaries,
including those in the institutional population.
The survey of persons who were resident in or admitted to
long-term care facilities (nursing and personal care homes and
facilities for the mentally retarded) at any time in 1987 provides
data on their health care use and expenditures for the entire
survey year, both within the institution and in the community.
This information, as well as extensive data on health and
functional status, demographic characteristics, and living
arrangements and insurance coverage at the time of admission, was
obtained from two primary sources. The surveys in institutions
(SII) collected data from facility administrators and designated
staff; they were complemented by surveys of next-of-kin (SNK) or
other knowledgeable persons in the community to obtain additional
personal history and information on insurance coverage and health
services use and expenditures both within and outside the
institution.
Taken in conjunction, these surveys will yield comprehensive,
population-based estimates that permit separate analyses of most
groups of policy interest, including those presently outside of the
scope of the various public and private financing mechanisms.
The NMES panel design included several rounds of household
interviews and followed institutional residents over a full
calendar year to assess the effects of changes in health status,
income, employment, and eligibility for public and private
insurance coverage on both the use of services and on public and
private expenditures for care.
The 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey was sponsored by
the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care
Technology Assessment, now the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research. The Indian Health Service cosponsored the Survey of
American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Health Care Financing
Administration provided consultation and technical assistance
during the development of the survey instruments. The data were
collected and are being edited and published in accordance with the
confidentiality provisions of the Public Health Service Act and the
Privacy Act. A series of further public use tapes is in
preparation to ensure timely access to these data by the research
and policy community.
Field work for the institutional population component and the
household survey was conducted by Westat, Inc., Rockville,
Maryland, as the primary contractor and by NORC, University of
Chicago. Field work for the Survey of American Indians and Alaska
Natives was conducted by the Council of Energy Resource Tribes and
Stephen R. Brand Associates under subcontract to Westat. Data
processing for the public use files is being provided by Social and
Scientific Systems, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland.
TECHNICAL AND PROGRAMMING INFORMATION
General Information
This documentation describes one in a series of public use
tapes from the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES). The
tape contains data collected with a facility questionnaire supple-
ment (FQS) in phase 3 of the NMES Institutional Population Compo-
nent (IPC). Released as SAS and EBCDIC data sets, this public use
tape provides additional information on a nationally representative
sample of nursing and personal care homes and facilities for the
mentally retarded. The data are being released prior to final data
cleaning and editing in order to provide prompt access to NMES by
the research and policy community. Further data from the IPC and
from other NMES components will be released on the same basis. For
a listing of previously released public use tapes from NMES, see
Attachment 3.
The following documentation offers a brief overview of the
type and level of data provided, the content and structure of the
files, and the codebooks, and programming information. It contains
the following sections:
Data File Contents and Codebook Structure
Omissions, Edits and Imputations
Variable Naming and Coding Conventions
Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
Programming Information
Data Dictionary
Alphabetical and Position Listing of Variables
Codebook
Codebook Notes
More detailed information on NMES data elements and data
collection procedures in the IPC and on FQS response rates, weights
and variance estimation programs is offered in Attachments 1 and 2,
which are provided as hard-copy attachments to the data tape.
Attachment 1 also contains the instrument used to collect the
information in this data file.
A previous NMES public use file contains data for the
facilities responding to the facility questionnaire in phase 1. A
revised version of the weight variable for these facility data is
currently being released as an update file. All facility level
public use data sets can be linked using the facility
identification number variable (OFIDX).
Data File Contents and Structure
This public use data set contains a data file with one record
for each sampled nursing home and facility for the mentally
retarded responding to the facility questionnaire supplement (FQS)
administered during phase 3 (early 1988) of the Survey in
Institutions. Initial facility questionnaires were administered at
all primary sampled facilities during phase 1 (early 1987) and
collected facility data such as certification status, services
provided, size, and staff characteristics. They also were used to
determine eligibility of the facility for the IPC. The facility
questionnaire supplement was administered to all primary sampled
facilities which participated in phase 3 of the IPC in order to
supplement these facility data. It included questions on special
Alzheimer's units in nursing homes, including the capacity of
current units and plans for future expansion. The FQS also
included some questions for nursing homes which had been asked
previously only of facilities for the mentally retarded.
The codebook provided for this data file contains the
following information:
Unique facility identifier
Survey administration variables
Sequential variables based on the facility questionnaire
supplement in the order in which the items appear in the
questionnaire
Weight and variance estimation variables.
Most variable labels are abbreviated versions of the questionnaire
items and include the question number or location in the instrument
(e.g., front cover). A complete variable listing in alphabetical
order and by codebook position is provided for cross-reference. A
copy of the facility questionnaire supplement is included in
Attachment 1 (Exhibit 34) to this public use tape to permit a full
understanding of the content and wording of each item, the
structure of questionnaire sections, skip patterns and
administrative information.
Omissions, Edits and Imputations
The data file contains the majority of data collected in the
facility questionnaire supplement. A few variables were excluded
to protect the confidentiality of facility data. For these an
explanatory note is provided at the end of the codebook. Box items
for use by the interviewer in following skip patterns, interview
times, interviewer and respondent names, and similar items were
likewise omitted.
Data edits were largely restricted to correcting deviations
from skip patterns and recoding text fields to preserve
confidentially. More extensive editing was done for the set of
variables corresponding to questions related to current or planned
Alzheimer's Disease programs or units (questions 10-19). This
included reconciliation of inconsistent responses for related
items, editing of outlier values, and the use of weighted
sequential hot decking for imputation of missing values (V.G.
Iannachione. 1982. Proceedings, Seventh Annual SAS Users
International Conference:759). For all variables with extensive
edits including imputations, both the edited and unedited versions
are provided.
Variable Naming and Coding Conventions
The codebook contains variable information and frequency
distributions for a total of 1,391 facility records, comprising 759
nursing homes and 632 facilities for the mentally retarded. For
each variable, separate unweighted frequencies are provided for
each of the two types of records and for the combined group of
1,391 facility records.
The codebook describes a SAS data set and provides the
following programming identifiers for each variable:
IDENTIFIER DESCRIPTION
__________ ___________
VAR NAME SAS variable name (maximum of 8
characters)
DESCRIPTION SAS variable label (maximum of 40
characters)
FMT NAME SAS name used in the SAS FORMAT
program statements on this tape
which define and label the
categories by which the variable can
be tabulated
TYPE Type of data: numeric (indicated by
NUM) or character (indicated by
CHAR)
LEN Number of bytes per variable, as
stored in SAS format
VAR NUM Order of the variable within the
record
NOTES Indicator of an explanatory note(s)
corresponding to the variable
In general, variable names reflect the content of the
variable, with an 8 character limitation. For edited versions of
original variables, the edited variable name is identical to the
original variable with an "X" appended (and truncated when
necessary to comply with the 8 character limitation). For
variables corresponding to specific questionnaire items, the
question number is included in the variable label.
The following reserved code values are used:
VALUE DEFINITION
_____ __________
- 1 INAPPLICABLE Question was not asked due to skip pattern
within the questionnaire.
- 7 REFUSED Question was asked and respondent refused
to answer the question.
- 8 DK Question was asked and respondent did not
know the answer.
- 9 NOT ASCERTAIN Interviewer did not record the data.
-999 NO SRCE DATA Used for constructed variables to
indicate that original source data had at
least one missing value (i.e., -7, -8, or
-9).
Sample Design, Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
The IPC sample was selected according to a stratified three-
stage probability design, with facility selection in the first two
stages. The 1986 Inventory of Long-Term Care Places served as the
facility sampling frame. The final stage of selection consisted of
a sample of residents as of January 1, 1987, and a sample of
admissions between January 1 and December 31, 1987. The sample was
designed to yield unbiased national and regional estimates of
health care parameters at the facility and resident level. At both
levels, the information is classified as to the type of
institution; that is, nursing and personal care homes and
facilities for the mentally retarded (Cohen, S.B., P. Flyer and
D.E.B. Potter. 1987. Sample Design of the National Medical
Expenditure Survey, Institutional Population Component; available
from AHCPR).
The sampling weights developed for the IPC facility data
reflect the different probabilities of being selected into the IPC
sample. These result from the complex multi-stage sample design of
the survey. The facility weights were also adjusted for facility
level nonresponse to the phase 1 facility questionnaires and
further poststratified using data from the Inventory of Long-Term
Care Places on the following facility-level measures: facility
type, cost strata, region, certification, status, ownership and bed
size. Additional adjustments were made for nonresponse to the
phase 3 facility questionnaire supplement and to adjust for
duplication in the sampling frame. More detailed information can
be found in a preliminary report on the IPC sample design (Flyer,
P. 1990. Preliminary Report: Sample Design for the Institutional
Population Component; available from AHCPR).
Accurate estimates at the facility level for the U.S.
population of nursing and personal care homes and facilities for
the mentally retarded require the use of weighted data. To
facilitate the derivation of national population estimates for IPC
data, a facility questionnaire supplement weight, WFQS, is
provided. Unweighted counts for applicable variables in the IPC
facility questionnaire supplement are provided in the codebook for
an evaluation of the number of cases in the various categories.
Weighted and unweighted counts and distributions for selected
variables are provided as Attachment 2.B to this public use tape.
Variance estimates of sample statistics require that the
complex nature of the IPC survey design be taken into account for
hypothesis testing and for the construction of confidence
intervals. Data from complex survey designs require special
consideration with respect to variance estimation and analysis, due
to the departure from simple random sampling assumptions.
Several variance estimation techniques are currently available
that will approximate the sampling variance for statistics derived
from the NMES Institutional Population Component. Three generally
accepted and frequently used techniques for obtaining variance
estimates for sample statistics from complex surveys are the Taylor
Series linearization method, Balanced Repeated Replication, and the
Jackknife Method (Cox, B.G., and S.B. Cohen. 1985. Methodological
Issues for Health Care Surveys. Marcel Dekker, Inc.). Due to user
facility and computational efficiency, the Taylor series
linearization method of variance estimation is recommended for use
with IPC data. The technique is compatible with a multi-stage,
stratified sampling design with at least two primary sampling units
drawn from each stratum. The requirement of paired sampling units
was not initially satisfied by the IPC sample design, due to a
number of certainty selections of large, IPC-eligible institutions.
To allow for variance computations, these primary sampling units
were paired as members of pseudo strata, linking facilities with
similar characteristics based on the facility measures used for
stratification in the IPC sample design (facility type, cost
strata, region, certification status, ownership, bed-size, state,
and zip code). This strategy will generally result in conservative
estimates of the sampling variance.
To obtain variance estimates of sample statistics by means of
standard statistical package programs, two additional variables
must be used in concert with the appropriate sampling weight:
STRATFQS, which indicates the respective pseudo stratum, and
PSUFQS, which denotes the primary sampling unit within a given
pseudo stratum.
Appendix 2C contains a listing of several well-known variance
estimation programs that are appropriate for use with complex data.
Programming Information
The files on this public use tape are contained on an
unlabelled, 9 track, 6250 bpi tape. The specifications for each
file on the tape are as follows:
FILE 1:
Description: NMES IPC Facility Questionnaire Supplement Data File
SAS name: FQS
Number of Observations: 1,391
Number of Variables: 54
Record Length: 80 bytes
Block Size: 8,000 bytes
Record Format: FB
FILE 2:
Description: NMES IPC Technical and Programming Information and
Data Dictionary for Facility Questionnaire
Supplement Data File
Record Length: 133 bytes
Block Size: 19,950 bytes
Record Format: FB
FILE 3:
Description: SAS Format Statements - NMES IPC Facility
Questionnaire Supplement Data File
Record Length: 80 bytes
Block Size: 800 bytes
Record Format: FB
All data files were created using the SAS (Statistical
Analysis System, version 5.18) computer software. File 1 is a SAS
Transport file produced with an IBM 3090-300 MVS/XA 03.8 operating
system. The SAS User's Guide: Basics (5th edition) provides
information on installation of a SAS Transport file for various
operating systems. File 2 contains the technical documentation
stored as an Operating System (OS) EBCDIC file containing ASA
carriage control characters in the first byte in each record, which
will direct the line printer to skip lines, begin a new page, etc.
This technical documentation can be copied to disk and retrieved
on-line to view and/or modify using a text editor program such as
WYLBUR. File 3 is an EBCDIC file containing the SAS program format
statements used to generate the frequencies as shown in the
codebook.
RECORD LAYOUT
Alphabetical Listing of Variables and Positions
ALPHABETICAL AND POSITION LISTING OF VARIABLES
DATE: OCTOBER 9, 1990
-----ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF VARIABLES-----
POSITION NAME DESCRIPTION
-------- -------- -----------------------------------------
9 FAIDPRC FQS3 % FQ1 RESIDENTS ON MEDICAID
8 FCAREPRC FQS2 % FQ1 RESIDENTS ON MEDICARE
10 FRETPRC FQS4 % FQ1 RESIDENTS MENTALLY RETARDED
14 FSACACMR FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY ACMRDD
15 FSACCARF FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY CARF
12 FSACCRED FQS6 FACILITY ACCREDITED
13 FSACJCAH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY JCAH
16 FSACOTH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY OTHER
49 FSADEMAX FQS19 MAX FUTURE ALZH PATIENT CAPACITY
50 FSADEMXX FQS19ED MAX FUTURE ALZH PATIENT CAPACITY
45 FSADEV FQS17 EXPAND/DEVELOP ALZHEIMER PROG
46 FSADEVX FQS17ED EXPAND/DEVELOP ALZHEIMER PROG
48 FSADEVYX FQS18ED ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP COMP - YEAR
47 FSADEVYY FQS18 ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP COMP - YEAR
42 FSAEDUC FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: COURSE
38 FSAFTE2 FQS14 NUMBER OF ALZHEIMER FTE
41 FSAINSER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: IN-SERVICE
35 FSAMAX FQS13 MAX CAPACITY OF ALZHEIMER PROGRAM
36 FSAMAXX FQS13ED MAX CAPACITY OF ALZH PROGRAM
33 FSANORES FQS12 NUMBER OF NONRES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
34 FSANOREX FQS12ED NUM OF NONRES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
29 FSAONLY FQS11 ALZHEIMER PROG USERS
30 FSAONLYX FQS11ED ALZHEIMER PROG USERS
43 FSAOTHER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: OTHER
31 FSARES FQS12 NUMBER OF RES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
32 FSARESX FQS12ED NUMBER OF RES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
37 FSASTAFF FQS14 NUMBER OF FT ALZHEIMER STAFF
44 FSATOS FQS16 OTHER ALZHEIMER STAFF TRAINING
39 FSATSPEC FQS15 SPEC TRAINING FOR ALZHEIMER STAFF
40 FSATSPEX FQS15ED SPEC TRNG FOR ALZHEIMER STAFF
27 FSAUNIT FQS10 FAC HAS ALZHEIMER PROGRAM
28 FSAUNITX FQS10ED FAC HAS ALZHEIMER PROG
21 FSCMS FQS8E FAC HAS CASE MGMT
18 FSINS FQS8B FAC HAS IND LIV SKILLS TRAINING
4 FSINTDD FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-DAY
3 FSINTMM FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-MON
6 FSINTYPE FRONT COVER TYPE OF INTERVIEW
5 FSINTYY FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-YR
51 FSRCAT FQ SUPPLEMENT RESPONDENT CODE
19 FSREC FQS8C FAC HAS RECR SERVICES
20 FSSCS FQS8D FAC HAS SOCIAL SERVICES
17 FSSCT FQS8A FAC HAS SELF CARE TRAINING
26 FSWCMS FQS9E PLACE OF CASE MGMT
23 FSWINS FQS9B PLACE OF IND LIV SKILLS TRAINING
24 FSWREC FQS9C PLACE OF RECREATION SERVICES
25 FSWSCS FQS9D PLACE OF SOCIAL SERVICES
22 FSWSCT FQS9A PLACE OF SELF CARE TRAINING
11 FUNITLCC FQS5 FACILITY PART OF LIFE CARE
2 NEWFTYPE PHASE 1 FACILITY TYPE BASED ON FQ
1 OFIDX PRIMARY SAMPLING FACILITY IDENTIFIER
7 PRESCHE FQS1 % CHANGE IN NO. OF RESIDENTS
54 PSUFQS PSU WITHIN STRATA FOR FQS VARIANCE EST
53 STRATFQS STRATA FOR FQS VARIANCE ESTIMATION
52 WFQS FINAL FQ SUPP WEIGHT
Numerical Listing of Variable Positions and Names
ALPHABETICAL AND POSITION LISTING OF VARIABLES
DATE: OCTOBER 9, 1990
-----POSITION LISTING OF VARIABLES-----
POSITION NAME DESCRIPTION
-------- -------- -----------------------------------------
1 OFIDX PRIMARY SAMPLING FACILITY IDENTIFIER
2 NEWFTYPE PHASE 1 FACILITY TYPE BASED ON FQ
3 FSINTMM FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-MON
4 FSINTDD FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-DAY
5 FSINTYY FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW BEGAN-YR
6 FSINTYPE FRONT COVER TYPE OF INTERVIEW
7 PRESCHE FQS1 % CHANGE IN NO. OF RESIDENTS
8 FCAREPRC FQS2 % FQ1 RESIDENTS ON MEDICARE
9 FAIDPRC FQS3 % FQ1 RESIDENTS ON MEDICAID
10 FRETPRC FQS4 % FQ1 RESIDENTS MENTALLY RETARDED
11 FUNITLCC FQS5 FACILITY PART OF LIFE CARE
12 FSACCRED FQS6 FACILITY ACCREDITED
13 FSACJCAH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY JCAH
14 FSACACMR FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY ACMRDD
15 FSACCARF FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY CARF
16 FSACOTH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED BY OTHER
17 FSSCT FQS8A FAC HAS SELF CARE TRAINING
18 FSINS FQS8B FAC HAS IND LIV SKILLS TRAINING
19 FSREC FQS8C FAC HAS RECR SERVICES
20 FSSCS FQS8D FAC HAS SOCIAL SERVICES
21 FSCMS FQS8E FAC HAS CASE MGMT
22 FSWSCT FQS9A PLACE OF SELF CARE TRAINING
23 FSWINS FQS9B PLACE OF IND LIV SKILLS TRAINING
24 FSWREC FQS9C PLACE OF RECREATION SERVICES
25 FSWSCS FQS9D PLACE OF SOCIAL SERVICES
26 FSWCMS FQS9E PLACE OF CASE MGMT
27 FSAUNIT FQS10 FAC HAS ALZHEIMER PROGRAM
28 FSAUNITX FQS10ED FAC HAS ALZHEIMER PROG
29 FSAONLY FQS11 ALZHEIMER PROG USERS
30 FSAONLYX FQS11ED ALZHEIMER PROG USERS
31 FSARES FQS12 NUMBER OF RES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
32 FSARESX FQS12ED NUMBER OF RES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
33 FSANORES FQS12 NUMBER OF NONRES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
34 FSANOREX FQS12ED NUM OF NONRES IN ALZHEIMER PROG
35 FSAMAX FQS13 MAX CAPACITY OF ALZHEIMER PROGRAM
36 FSAMAXX FQS13ED MAX CAPACITY OF ALZH PROGRAM
37 FSASTAFF FQS14 NUMBER OF FT ALZHEIMER STAFF
38 FSAFTE2 FQS14 NUMBER OF ALZHEIMER FTE
39 FSATSPEC FQS15 SPEC TRAINING FOR ALZHEIMER STAFF
40 FSATSPEX FQS15ED SPEC TRNG FOR ALZHEIMER STAFF
41 FSAINSER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: IN-SERVICE
42 FSAEDUC FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: COURSE
43 FSAOTHER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: OTHER
44 FSATOS FQS16 OTHER ALZHEIMER STAFF TRAINING
45 FSADEV FQS17 EXPAND/DEVELOP ALZHEIMER PROG
46 FSADEVX FQS17ED EXPAND/DEVELOP ALZHEIMER PROG
47 FSADEVYY FQS18 ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP COMP - YEAR
48 FSADEVYX FQS18ED ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP COMP - YEAR
49 FSADEMAX FQS19 MAX FUTURE ALZH PATIENT CAPACITY
50 FSADEMXX FQS19ED MAX FUTURE ALZH PATIENT CAPACITY
51 FSRCAT FQ SUPPLEMENT RESPONDENT CODE
52 WFQS FINAL FQ SUPP WEIGHT
53 STRATFQS STRATA FOR FQS VARIANCE ESTIMATION
54 PSUFQS PSU WITHIN STRATA FOR FQS VARIANCE EST
CODEBOOK
General Information
NMES IPC FACILITY QUESTIONNAIRE SUPPLEMENT CODEBOOK
DATE: OCTOBER 9, 1990
THE VARIABLES IN THIS CODEBOOK REFLECT THE ITEMS IN THE IPC FACILITY
QUESTIONNAIRE SUPPLEMENT (FQS). COLUMNS DESIGNATED NH DENOTE UNWEIGHTED
FREQUENCIES FOR NURSING AND PERSONAL CARE HOMES AND COLUMNS DESIGNATED
MR DENOTE UNWEIGHTED FREQUENCIES FOR FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY
RETARDED. CODEBOOK LABELS DESCRIBE THE VARIABLE CONTENT, PRECEDED BY
THE FQS ITEM NUMBER. QUESTIONS 8-19 WERE ONLY ASKED OF NURSING
AND PERSONAL CARE HOMES. EDITED VARIABLES ARE SO NOTED AND ARE
ASTERISKED TO REFER THE USER TO A SET OF EXPLANATORY NOTES FOLLOWING
THE CODEBOOK. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION IS
PROVIDED IN THE SECTION PRECEDING THE CODEBOOK. SINCE THE FREQUENCIES
REPRESENT UNWEIGHTED COUNTS ONLY, THE WEIGHT VARIABLES PROVIDED AT THE
END OF THIS CODEBOOK MUST BE USED TO OBTAIN UNBIASED NATIONAL ESTIMATES.
THE HARD COPY ATTACHMENTS ACCOMPANYING THIS PUBLIC USE TAPE CONTAIN THE
FQS INSTRUMENT, SURVEY INFORMATION, AND FQS RESPONSE RATES, WEIGHTS AND
VARIANCE ESTIMATION PROGRAMS.
Variable Codes
Variables 1 - 8
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
OFIDX PRIMARY SAMPLING FACILITY OFIDX NUM 8 1
IDENTIFIER
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
100016-119998 759 632 1391
TOTAL 759 632 1391
NEWFTYPE PHASE 1 FACILITY TYPE BASED NEWFTYPE NUM 2 2 *
ON FQ
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
1 NURSING HOME 759 0 759
3 MR FACILITY 0 632 632
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSINTMM FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW FSINTMM NUM 2 3
BEGAN-MON
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 4 1 5
1 JANUARY 1 0 1
2 FEBRUARY 233 206 439
3 MARCH 324 257 581
4 APRIL 166 129 295
5 MAY 29 37 66
6 JUNE 1 1 2
7 JULY 1 1 2
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSINTDD FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW FSINTDD NUM 2 4
BEGAN-DAY
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 6 6 12
1-31 753 626 1379
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSINTYY FRONT COVER DATE INTERVIEW FSINTYY NUM 2 5
BEGAN-YR
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 0 2
YEAR 1988 757 632 1389
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSINTYPE FRONT COVER TYPE OF FSINTYPE NUM 2 6
INTERVIEW
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 4 8 12
1 IN PERSON 730 565 1295
2 TELEPHONE 25 59 84
TOTAL 759 632 1391
PRESCHE FQS1 % CHANGE IN NO. PRESCHE NUM 8 7 *
OF RESIDENTS
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-999 NO SRCE DAT 4 4 8
-100 TO <-75% 1 1 2
-75 TO <-50% 2 7 9
-50 TO <-25% 20 28 48
-25 TO < 0% 369 198 567
0% 94 241 335
> 0 TO 25% 244 122 366
>25 TO 50% 11 19 30
>50 TO 75% 3 3 6
>75 TO <100% 3 1 4
GE 100% 8 8 16
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FCAREPRC FQS2 % FQ1 RESIDENTS FCAREPRC NUM 4 8 *
ON MEDICARE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-999 NO SRCE DAT 15 13 28
0% 400 467 867
>0 TO 25% 294 39 333
>25 TO 50% 18 39 57
>50 TO 75% 5 38 43
>75 TO <100% 17 12 29
GE 100% 10 24 34
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Variables 9 - 16
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
FAIDPRC FQS3 % FQ1 RESIDENTS FAIDPRC NUM 4 9 *
ON MEDICAID
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-999 NO SRCE DAT 12 7 19
0% 93 159 252
>0 TO 25% 48 14 62
>25 TO 50% 118 22 140
>50 TO 75% 220 45 265
>75 TO <100% 254 146 400
GE 100% 14 239 253
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FRETPRC FQS4 % FQ1 RESIDENTS FRETPRC NUM 4 10 *
MENTALLY RETARDED
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-999 NO SRCE DAT 20 6 26
0% 406 17 423
>0 TO 25% 316 53 369
>25 TO 50% 8 23 31
>50 TO 75% 4 20 24
>75 TO <100% 2 38 40
GE 100% 3 475 478
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FUNITLCC FQS5 FACILITY PART OF FUNITLCC NUM 2 11
LIFE CARE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 7 14 21
-8 DK 1 3 4
1 YES 112 146 258
2 NO 639 469 1108
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSACCRED FQS6 FACILITY ACCREDITED FSACCRED NUM 2 12
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 19 17 36
-8 DK 0 3 3
1 YES 269 227 496
2 NO 471 385 856
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSACJCAH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED FSACJCAH NUM 2 13
BY JCAH
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 2 4
-8 DK 5 1 6
-1 INAPPLICABLE 490 405 895
1 YES 95 24 119
2 NO 167 200 367
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSACACMR FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED FSACACMR NUM 2 14
BY ACMRDD
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 2 4
-8 DK 5 1 6
-1 INAPPLICABLE 490 405 895
1 YES 0 77 77
2 NO 262 147 409
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSACCARF FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED FSACCARF NUM 2 15
BY CARF
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 2 4
-8 DK 5 1 6
-1 INAPPLICABLE 490 405 895
1 YES 7 22 29
2 NO 255 202 457
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSACOTH FQS7 FACILITY ACCREDITED FSACOTH NUM 2 16 *
BY OTHER
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 2 4
-8 DK 5 1 6
-1 INAPPLICABLE 490 405 895
1 YES 173 122 295
2 NO 89 102 191
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Variables 17 - 25
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
FSSCT FQS8A FAC HAS SELF FSSCT NUM 2 17
CARE TRAINING
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 10 0 10
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 621 0 621
2 NO 128 0 128
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSINS FQS8B FAC HAS IND LIV FSINS NUM 2 18
SKILLS TRAINING
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 12 0 12
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 517 0 517
2 NO 230 0 230
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSREC FQS8C FAC HAS RECR FSREC NUM 2 19
SERVICES
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 11 0 11
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 680 0 680
2 NO 68 0 68
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSSCS FQS8D FAC HAS SOCIAL FSSCS NUM 2 20
SERVICES
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 13 0 13
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 666 0 666
2 NO 80 0 80
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSCMS FQS8E FAC HAS CASE FSCMS NUM 2 21
MGMT
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 11 0 11
-8 DK 1 0 1
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 518 0 518
2 NO 229 0 229
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSWSCT FQS9A PLACE OF SELF FSWSCT NUM 2 22
CARE TRAINING
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 7 0 7
-1 INAPPLICABLE 138 632 770
1 HERE 583 0 583
2 SOMEWHERE ELSE 4 0 4
3 BOTH 27 0 27
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSWINS FQS9B PLACE OF IND FSWINS NUM 2 23
LIV SKILLS TRAINING
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 10 0 10
-1 INAPPLICABLE 242 632 874
1 HERE 474 0 474
2 SOMEWHERE ELSE 9 0 9
3 BOTH 24 0 24
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSWREC FQS9C PLACE OF RECREATION FSWREC NUM 2 24
SERVICES
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 10 0 10
-1 INAPPLICABLE 79 632 711
1 HERE 607 0 607
2 SOMEWHERE ELSE 6 0 6
3 BOTH 57 0 57
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSWSCS FQS9D PLACE OF SOCIAL FSWSCS NUM 2 25
SERVICES
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 11 0 11
-1 INAPPLICABLE 93 632 725
1 HERE 612 0 612
2 SOMEWHERE ELSE 11 0 11
3 BOTH 32 0 32
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Variables 26 - 35
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
FSWCMS FQS9E PLACE OF CASE FSWCMS NUM 2 26
MGMT
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 9 0 9
-1 INAPPLICABLE 241 632 873
1 HERE 432 0 432
2 SOMEWHERE ELSE 33 0 33
3 BOTH 44 0 44
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAUNIT FQS10 FAC HAS ALZHEIMER FSAUNIT NUM 2 27
PROGRAM
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 7 0 7
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 89 0 89
2 NO 663 0 663
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAUNITX FQS10ED FAC HAS FSAUNITX NUM 2 28 *
ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 89 0 89
2 NO 670 0 670
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAONLY FQS11 ALZHEIMER PROG FSAONLY NUM 2 29
USERS
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 0 2
-1 INAPPLICABLE 670 632 1302
1 RESIDENTS ONLY 70 0 70
2 RES & NON-RES 13 0 13
3 NON-RES ONLY 4 0 4
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAONLYX FQS11ED ALZHEIMER PROG FSAONLYX NUM 2 30 *
USERS
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 RESIDENTS ONLY 72 0 72
2 RES & NON-RES 13 0 13
3 NON-RES ONLY 4 0 4
4 NO PRESNT UNIT 670 0 670
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSARES FQS12 NUMBER OF RES IN FSARES NUM 4 31
ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-8 DK 2 0 2
-1 INAPPLICABLE 676 632 1308
1-9 14 0 14
10-19 16 0 16
20-49 31 0 31
GE 50 20 0 20
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSARESX FQS12ED NUMBER OF RES FSARESX NUM 4 32 *
IN ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
0 674 0 674
1-9 14 0 14
10-19 20 0 20
20-49 31 0 31
GE 50 20 0 20
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSANORES FQS12 NUMBER OF NONRES FSANORES NUM 4 33
IN ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 1 0 1
-1 INAPPLICABLE 742 632 1374
0 4 0 4
1-9 5 0 5
10-19 5 0 5
20-49 2 0 2
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSANOREX FQS12ED NUM OF NONRES IN FSANOREX NUM 4 34 *
ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
0 746 0 746
1-9 5 0 5
10-19 6 0 6
20-49 2 0 2
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAMAX FQS13 MAX CAPACITY OF FSAMAX NUM 4 35
ALZHEIMER PROGRAM
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 4 0 4
-8 DK 3 0 3
-1 INAPPLICABLE 670 632 1302
0 1 0 1
1-9 4 0 4
10-19 11 0 11
20-49 35 0 35
GE 50 31 0 31
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Variables 36 - 45
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
FSAMAXX FQS13ED MAX CAPACITY OF FSAMAXX NUM 4 36 *
ALZH PROGRAM
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
0 670 0 670
1-9 5 0 5
10-19 16 0 16
20-49 37 0 37
GE 50 31 0 31
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSASTAFF FQS14 NUMBER OF FT FSASTAFF NUM 3 37 *
ALZHEIMER STAFF
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 4 0 4
-8 DK 3 0 3
-1 INAPPLICABLE 706 632 1338
>0-10 18 0 18
>10-20 19 0 19
GT 20 9 0 9
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAFTE2 FQS14 NUMBER OF ALZHEIMER FSAFTEB NUM 8 38 *
FTE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 4 0 4
-8 DK 3 0 3
-1 INAPPLICABLE 716 632 1348
>0-10 19 0 19
>10-20 9 0 9
GT 20 8 0 8
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSATSPEC FQS15 SPEC TRAINING FOR FSATSPEC NUM 2 39
ALZHEIMER STAFF
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 2 0 2
-1 INAPPLICABLE 670 632 1302
1 YES 69 0 69
2 NO 18 0 18
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSATSPEX FQS15ED SPEC TRNG FOR FSATSPEX NUM 2 40 *
ALZHEIMER STAFF
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 71 0 71
2 NO 18 0 18
3 NO PRESNT UNIT 670 0 670
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAINSER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: FSAINSER NUM 2 41
IN-SERVICE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 690 632 1322
1 YES 61 0 61
2 NO 8 0 8
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAEDUC FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: FSAEDUC NUM 2 42
COURSE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 690 632 1322
1 YES 37 0 37
2 NO 32 0 32
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSAOTHER FQS16 ALZHEIMER TRAINING: FSAOTHER NUM 2 43
OTHER
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 690 632 1322
1 YES 12 0 12
2 NO 57 0 57
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSATOS FQS16 OTHER ALZHEIMER FSATOS CHAR 30 44 *
STAFF TRAINING
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 747 632 1379
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 3 0 3
A - ZZZZZZ 9 0 9
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSADEV FQS17 EXPAND/DEVELOP FSADEV NUM 2 45
ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 16 0 16
-8 DK 4 0 4
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 113 0 113
2 NO 626 0 626
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Variables 46 - 54
SAS NAME DESCRIPTION FMT NAME TYPE LEN VAR NUM NOTE
-------- ------------------------ -------- ---- --- ------- ----
FSADEVX FQS17ED EXPAND/DEVELOP FSADEVX NUM 2 46 *
ALZHEIMER PROG
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
1 YES 115 0 115
2 NO 644 0 644
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSADEVYY FQS18 ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP FSADEVYY NUM 2 47 *
COMP-YEAR
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 8 0 8
-8 DK 20 0 20
-1 INAPPLICABLE 646 632 1278
88 38 0 38
89 25 0 25
90 14 0 14
91 4 0 4
93 3 0 3
94 1 0 1
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSADEVYX FQS18ED ALZ PROG EXP/DEVLP FSADEVYX NUM 2 48 *
COMP-YEAR
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 644 632 1276
88 52 0 52
89 41 0 41
90 14 0 14
91 4 0 4
93 3 0 3
94 1 0 1
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSADEMAX FQS19 MAX FUTURE ALZH FSADEMAX NUM 4 49
PATIENT CAPACITY
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-9 NOT ASCERTAIN 9 0 9
-8 DK 27 0 27
-1 INAPPLICABLE 646 632 1278
1-9 6 0 6
10-19 14 0 14
20-49 37 0 37
GE 50 20 0 20
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSADEMXX FQS19ED MAX FUTURE ALZH FSADEMXX NUM 4 50 *
PATIENT CAPACITY
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
-1 INAPPLICABLE 0 632 632
0 644 0 644
1-9 12 0 12
10-19 21 0 21
20-49 60 0 60
GE 50 22 0 22
TOTAL 759 632 1391
FSRCAT FQ SUPPLEMENT RESPONDENT FSRCAT NUM 2 51 *
CODE
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
0 OTHER 11 24 35
1 FAC DIR/ADM 343 194 537
2 QLTY ASSR/EEO 1 7 8
4 ASST DIR 56 34 90
5 ADMIN ASST 24 21 45
6 OWNER 16 21 37
7 BOOKKEEPER 33 11 44
8 FINANCL OFFCR 55 54 109
9 ADM/DISCH OFF 27 19 46
50 OTHER CARE PR 15 28 43
51 UNIT DIRECTOR 4 43 47
52 CASE MANAGERS 9 18 27
53 PROGRAM SPEC 1 29 30
54 FOSTER PARENT 0 1 1
55 DIR OF NURSES 94 9 103
56 REGISTER NURS 12 4 16
57 LPN 2 0 2
59 DIR PTNT SRVS 30 72 102
99 UNKNOWN 26 43 69
TOTAL 759 632 1391
WFQS FINAL FQ SUPP WEIGHT WFQS NUM 8 52 *
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
.792636-636.113 759 632 1391
TOTAL 759 632 1391
STRATFQS STRATA FOR FQS VARIANCE TRATFQS NUM 8 53 *
ESTIMATION
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
1-80 759 632 1391
TOTAL 759 632 1391
PSUFQS PSU WITHIN STRATA FOR PSUFQS NUM 8 54 *
FQS VARIANCE EST
VALUE NH MR TOTAL
----- --- --- -----
1-165 759 632 1391
TOTAL 759 632 1391
Codebook Notes
Variable names are listed in alphabetical order
VARIABLE NOTE
________ ____
FAIDPRC To protect the identity of the facilities, a
continuous variable was created indicating the
percent of residents where Medicaid was a payer
for facility charges. Facilities with an unknown
value for number of total residents or number of
Medicaid residents have a value of -999. All
source data used to construct this percentage are
as reported in the FQS. FAIDPRC was not reconciled
to other IPC public use data.
FCAREPRC To protect the identity of the facilities, a
continuous variable was created indicating the
percentage of residents where Medicare was a payer
for facility charges. Facilities with an unknown
value for number of total residents or number of
Medicare residents have a value of -999. All
source data used to construct this percentage are
as reported in the FQS. FCAREPRC was not
reconciled to other IPC public use data.
FRETPRC To protect the identity of the facilities, a
continuous variable was created indicating the
percent of mentally retarded residents in the
facility. Facilities with an unknown value for
number of total residents or number of mentally
retarded residents have a value of -999. All
source data used to construct this percentage as
reported in the FQS. FRETPRC was not reconciled
to other IPC NMES data items.
FSACOTH The "other, specify" text field was excluded from
this public use file because of the large amount
of confidential (state specific) data in the
field.
FSADEMXX These variables were edited and missing values
FSADEVX were imputed.
FSADEVYX
FSAMAXX
FSANOREX
FSAONLYX
FSARESX
FSATSPEX
FSAUNITX
FSADEVYY To protect the identity of the facilities, the
month of expansion was excluded from this public
use file.
FSASTAFF These variables must be used together to obtain
FSAFTE2 total staff counts.
FSATOS To protect the identity of facilities, the "other,
specify" text field was recorded to -9 for two
facilities.
FSRCAT Data were originally collected as a text field.
The text field was then recorded into a
categorical variable as follows:
0 Other, not specified
1 Facility Director/Administrator
2 Quality assurance/EEOC compliance co-
ordinator
3 Regional Administrator/Director
4 Assistant Director/Administrator
5 Administrative Assistant
6 Owner
7 Bookkeeper
8 Financial Business Officer
9 Officer or Director from the Admissions,
Discharge or Patient Records Department
50 Other care provider
51 Unit Directors/House Manager
52 Case Managers/Case Worker/Social Worker
53 Program Specialist/Director
54 Foster parent
55 Director of Nurses
56 Registered Nurse
57 Licensed Practical Nurse
58 Assistant Unit Director/House Manager
59 Director of Patient Services
Codes 0-9 are for titles that indicate
administration or operation.
Codes 50 - 59 are for titles that indicate patient
level or caretaker positions.
NEWFTYPE Facility type (i.e., nursing and personal care
homes or facilities for the mentally retarded) as
determined during the phase 1 field period by
means of the facility questionnaire.
PRESCHE To protect the identity of facilities, a
continuous variable was constructed indicating the
percent change from the number of residents
reported in the phase 1 facility questionnaire to
the number reported in the phase 3 facility
questionnaire supplement. Facilities with an
unknown value for total number of residents at the
time of FQS administration have a value of -999.
PSUFQS These variables must be used to obtain variance
SRATFQS estimates of sample statistics by means of
standard statistical programs using the Taylor
series linearization method. They denote the
strata and the primary sampling unit (PSU) within
given strata. For details on sampling weights and
variance estimation, see the Technical and
Programming section on this file, and the hard
copy documentation, Attachment 2.
WFQS The facility level weight adjusted for
nonresponse. Unbiased estimates at the facility
level for the U.S. population of nursing and
personal care homes and facilities for the
mentally retarded require the use of weighted
data. For details on sampling weights and
variance estimation see the Technical and
Programming section on this file, and the hard
copy documentation, Attachment 2.
