INTEGRATED DATABASE FOR AGING RESEARCH

描述（作者摘要）：本SBIR赠款的目的是 建立老龄化研究综合数据库， 光盘。 该数据库将包含来自 1982年、1984年、1989/90年国家统计局 长期护理调查（NLTCS），包括与Medicare相关的版本 国家医疗支出调查（NMES） 国家疗养院调查（NNHS），以及可选的收入调查 计划参与（SIPP）。 该研究将探讨创新 使用以下新技术管理和分发 数据：CD ROM、一次写入多次读取设备（蠕虫）和可重写 光盘。 目标市场由研究人员组成， 职业，高级研究生，贸易协会和其他各方 在医疗竞技场有商业利益 该数据库将 以成本价出售给研究人员，以盈利的方式出售给商业利益。 的 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 (e.g.,调查权重）以便于分析。 一个广泛的审查， 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。 伴随数据存档的将是 完整的文档，包括使用说明、变量定义和 抽样权重，以便从调查中作出可比估计。 将开发一个灵活的数据检索软件系统， 访问数据。

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.