INTEGRATED DATABASE FOR AGING RESEARCH

描述(作者摘要)：这笔SBIR赠款的目的将是 为老龄化研究开发一个集成的数据库，以分发到 光盘(S)。该数据库将包含来自 以下是可公开获得的数据文件：1982、1984、1989/90年全国 长期护理调查(NLTC)，包括与联邦医疗保险相关的版本 行政记录、国家医疗支出调查(NMES)、 全国养老院调查(NNHS)，以及可选的收入调查 和计划参与(SIPP)。这项研究将调查创新 使用以下新技术来管理和分发 数据：CD-ROM，一次写入多次读取设备(蠕虫)，可重写 光盘。 目标市场由研究人员组成，他们的研究始于 职业、高级研究生、行业协会和其他党派 在医疗保健领域拥有商业利益。数据库将是 以成本价出售给研究人员，并以利润出售给商业利益。这个 最终产品将包括一个数据档案，其中包含上述内容的摘录 调查、数据库管理软件和某些计算变量 (例如，调查权重)，以便于分析。广泛回顾了 将完成调查数据集以确定最有用的变量 包括在数据库中。这些变量将被提取到一个更小的， 更易于管理的分析文件。伴随数据归档的将是 完整文档，包括用法说明、变量定义和 样本权重，以便从调查中作出可比较的估计。 将开发一个灵活的数据检索软件系统，以方便 对数据的访问。

DESCRIPTION (Authors abstract): The purpose of this SBIR grant will be to develop an integrated database for aging research to be distributed on optical disk(s). The database will contain extensive information from the following publicly available data files: the 1982, 1984, 1989/90 National Long Term Care Surveys (NLTCS) including the versions linked to Medicare administrative records, National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES), National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS), and optionally, the Survey on Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The research will investigate innovative uses of the following new technologies for managing and distributing the data: CD ROM, Write Once REad Many devices (WORMs), and re-writable optical disks. The target market consists of researchers at the beginning of their careers, advanced graduate students, trade associations, and other parties with commercial interests in the health care arena. The database will be sold to researchers at cost and to commercial interest at a profit. The end product will consist of a data archive containing extracts of the above surveys, data base management software, and certain computed variables (e.g., survey weights) to facilitate analysis. An extensive review of the survey datasets will be completed to identify the most useful variables to include in the database. These variables will be extracted into a smaller, more manageable analytic file. Accompanying the data archive will be complete documentation to include usage notes, variable definitions, and sample weights to allow comparable estimates to be made from the surveys. A flexible data retrieval software system will be developed to facilitate access to the data.