Master Medical Services Files
Master Medical Services files contain individual level files and household level files.
Individual Medical Services Files
The CHNS Individual Medical Services Master File contains information regarding medical services for individuals including current health status, immunizations, and preventative care. As a longitudinal file, it contains multiple years of data for each individual. An individual can have from 1 to 9 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable, which contains the survey years, 1989 to 2011.
This file consolidates individual medical services data from 19 survey files:
| 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 |
| C89HH17 C89HH18A C89HH18B |
C91HH17 C91HH18 |
C93HH18 C93HH19 |
C97HH18 C97HH19 |
C00HH22 C00HH24 |
C04ADULT C04CHILD |
C06ADULT C06CHILD |
C09ADULT C09CHILD |
C11ADULT C11CHILD |
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Household Medical Service Files
The CHNS Medical Services Master File contains information from the Health and Medical Services section of the Household Surveys. As a longitudinal file, it contains multiple years of data for each household. A household can have from 1 to 9 years of data as designated by the WAVE variable, which contains the survey years, 1989 to 2011.
This file consolidates Medical Services data from seven survey files:
| 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 |
| C89HH16 | C91HH16 | C93HH17 | C97HH17 | C00HH22 | C04HT13 | C06HT13 | C09HT13 | C11HT13 |
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