Medicare Beneficiaries' Use of Computers and Internet: 1998-2005

The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey contains a vast amount of information about the Medicare population. Common characteristics such as demographic, health status, and utilization of various services are included in the survey as well as other less known information. This highlight will look into the use of computers and Internet service by the Medicare population over time using data from 1998-2005 Access to Care Files. Demographic characteristics of the Medicare population who use the computer and Internet will also be examined using MCBS data.