Data Documentation and Codebooks

This page contains the file documentation, codebooks, and data file descriptions for the MCBS data files. From 1991-2013 MCBS produced two files annually, Access to Care and Cost and Use. Beginning in 2015 the MCBS will produce the MCBS Survey File and an MCBS Cost Supplement File. Details about the survey files are contained in the documentation.

All terms with definitions are provided in alphabetical order in the MCBS LDS Glossary (PDF).

Contents Section	Publish Year	Type
Contents Section Data Quality Impacts of the Transition from In-person to Phone Data Collection for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Working Paper	Publish Year 2024	Type Working Paper
Contents Section 2023 MCBS Survey File – Early Release	Publish Year 2023	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2022 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2022	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2022 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2022	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2022 MCBS Survey File Variable Crosswalk 2015-2022	Publish Year 2022	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2022 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2022	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2021 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2021	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2021 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2021	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2021 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2021	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2021 MCBS Cost Supplement Variable Crosswalk 2015-2021	Publish Year 2021	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2021 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2021	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2020 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2020	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2020 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2020	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2020 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2020	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2020 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2020	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2019 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2019	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2019 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2019	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2019 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2019	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2019 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2019	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2018 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2018	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2018 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2018	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2018 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2018	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2018 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2018	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2017 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2017	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2017 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2017	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2017 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2017	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2017 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2017	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2016 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2016	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2016 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2016	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2016 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2016	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2016 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2016	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2015 MCBS Cost Supplement File	Publish Year 2015	Type Cost Supplement
Contents Section 2015 MCBS Survey File	Publish Year 2015	Type Survey File
Contents Section 2015 MCBS Frequently Asked Questions	Publish Year 2015	Type FAQ
Contents Section 2015 MCBS Methodology Report	Publish Year 2015	Type Methodology
Contents Section 2013 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Segment Overview	Publish Year 2013	Type
Contents Section 2013 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2013	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2013 Access to Care	Publish Year 2013	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2012 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2012	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2012 Access to Care	Publish Year 2012	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2011 Access to Care	Publish Year 2011	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2011 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2011	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2010 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2010	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2010 Access to Care	Publish Year 2010	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2009 Access to Care	Publish Year 2009	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2009 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2009	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2008 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2008	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2008 Access to Care	Publish Year 2008	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2007 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2007	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2007 Access to Care	Publish Year 2007	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2006 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2006	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2006 Access to Care	Publish Year 2006	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2005 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2005	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2005 Access to Care	Publish Year 2005	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2004 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2004	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2004 Access to Care	Publish Year 2004	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2003 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2003	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2003 Access to Care	Publish Year 2003	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2002 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2002	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2002 Access to Care	Publish Year 2002	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2001 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2001	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2001 Access to Care	Publish Year 2001	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 2000 Cost and Use	Publish Year 2000	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 2000 Access to Care	Publish Year 2000	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1999 Access to Care	Publish Year 1999	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1999 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1999	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1998 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1998	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1998 Access to Care	Publish Year 1998	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1997 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1997	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1997 Access to Care	Publish Year 1997	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1996 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1996	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1996 Access to Care	Publish Year 1996	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1995 Access to Care	Publish Year 1995	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1995 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1995	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1994 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1994	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1994 Access to Care	Publish Year 1994	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1993 Access to Care	Publish Year 1993	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1993 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1993	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1992 Cost and Use	Publish Year 1992	Type Cost and Use
Contents Section 1992 Access to Care	Publish Year 1992	Type Access to Care
Contents Section 1991 Access to Care	Publish Year 1991	Type Access to Care
Contents Section	Publish Year	Type

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