RIC         1  2  $RIC                                  C Record Identification Code

                                   0                    A Administrative Data
                                   0                    H HMO Supplement
                                   0                    K Key Record
                                   0                    N Non-Respondent
                                   0                    X Cross Sectional Weights
                                   0                   XE Ever Enrolled Weights
                                   0                   X2 2 year Weights
                                   0                   X3 3 year Weights
                                   0                   X4 4 year Weights
                                   0                    1 Survey Identification (Demographic)
                                   0                    2 Health Status/Functioning (Community)
                                   0                   2F Health Status/Functioning (Facility)
                                   0                   2H Health Status/Functioning (Helper)
                                   0                   2P Health Status/Functioning (Prevention)
                                   0                    3 Access to Care
                                   0                    4 Health Insurance
                                   0                    5 Enumeration
                                 950                    6 Facility Residence History
                                   0                    7 Facility Characteristics
                                   0                    8 Interview Description

VERSION     3  1  $VERSION                              C Version Number

                                 950                    1 Version 1
                                   0                    2 Version 2
                                   0                    3 Version 3
                                   0                    4 Version 4

BASEID      4  8  $BSIDFMT                              C Unique SP Identification Number

                                 950             LOW-HIGH BASEID Count

ADMIN      12  8  $DTE8FMT                    RH2       C Most recent admission date (YYYYMMDD)

                                 950                      Date as YYYYMMDD

ORIGADMN   20  8  $DTE8FMT                    RH2       C First MCBS admission date (YYYYMMDD)

                                 950                      Date as YYYYMMDD

                 Notes: Constant value; same as ADMIN until SP is readmitted to a facility
                        First available in 1997

ADMTFROM   28  2  PLACFMT                     RH22      N Place SP was admitted from

                                  75                    . Inapplicable
                                  23                   -8 Don't know
                                 333                    1 Alone or with others
                                 258                    2 Hospital
                                 107                    3 Nursing Home
                                   0                    4 Retirement Home
                                 116                    5 Domiciliary Care/Personal Care Facility
                                   0                    6 Mental Health Facility
                                   0                    7 Inst for mentally ret/develop. disabled
                                   0                    8 Mental Health Center
                                  22                    9 Life Care or Continuing Care Facility
                                   0                   10 Assisted Living Facility
                                   0                   11 Rehabilitation Facility
                                  16                   91 Other type of Facility/Homeless/Jail

LIVWRELA   30  2  LIVWFMT                     RH30      N With whom was SP living prior to admit

                                 601                    . Inapplicable
                                  35                   -8 Don't know
                                 149                    1 With relatives
                                  16                    2 With non relatives
                                   4                    3 Both relatives and non relatives
                                 145                    4 Alone
                                   0                    5 With others, relationship unknown

                  Note: Applies only if ADMTFROM = 1 or 91.

