Medicare — Part D Months

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source 3.0

SAS Name

MDCR_PTD_MOS

This variable is the number of months during the year that the beneficiary was enrolled in Medicare Part D.

Comments

CCW creates this variable using the MBSF monthly Part D Contract ID variable. We count all months where the PTD_CNTRCT_ID_MM variable began with ('S' 'H' 'X'), which indicates enrollment in a Medicare prescription drug plan.

Values: 0-12, or null/missing (if no Medicare PTD enrollment)

Source: MBSF (derived)