Medicare Part A Enrolled Months

This variable is contained in the following files:

Medicare-Medicaid Linked Enrollee Analytic Data Source 3.0

SAS Name

MDCR_PTA_MOS

This variable is the number of months during the year that the beneficiary had Medicare Part A coverage.

Comments

CCW creates this variable using the MBSF monthly Medicare entitlement buy-in variable. We count the months when any value indicates Part A coverage (i.e., where MDCR_ENTLMT_BUY_IND_MM in ('1' '3' 'A' 'C').

Within MMLEADS we include this monthly Medicare Entitlement/Buy-In Indicator variable as MDCR_BUYIN_01–12.

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

Source: MBSF (derived)