‘Readme file’ to analysis code

Hames AG, Tipirneni R, Switzer GE, Ayanian JZ, Kullgren JT, Solway E, Roberts ET. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cost-Related Barriers to Care Among Near-Poor Beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. Am J Manag Care. 2024;30(10):e297-e304. doi:10.37765/ajmc.2024.89622

This is a readme file to an online repository of computer code for the above-referenced study. The code in this directory was used to construct analytic files using the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). 

1) Directory: MCBS Data Setup
•	These files are used to read-in and format MCBS survey data

File Name								Type of file/directory			Function
• Format access to care survey data 10-6-2022				STATA program (.DO file)		• Creates cost-related barriers to care outcomes
• Format access to medications survey data 10-6-2022								• Creates RX cost-related barriers to care variables
• Format chronic condition history survey data 10-6-2022							• Creates flags for ever-diagnosed chronic condition indications
• Format demographics summary data 10-6-2022									• Creates flags for age, race, marital status, sex, education, etc.
• Format dental care survey data (DENTAL and ACCESSMED) 10-6-2022						• Creates flag for difficulty receiving dental care outcomes
• Format functional limitations survey data 10-6-2022								• Creates flags for ADL and IADL difficulties
• Format general health status survey data 10-6-2022								• Creates flag for self-rated health status
• Format income and assets summary data 10-6-2022								• Creates total income and crude asset variables
• Format insurance summary data 10-6-2022									• Creates Medicare enrollment, dual eligibility, and LIS variables
• Format interview summary data 10-6-2022									• Creates flag for community and facility dwelling, proxy respondent
• Format MA plan coverage survey data 10-6-2022									• Creates flag for Medicare Advantage enrollment
• Format satisfaction with care survey data 10-6-2022								• Creates flag for satisfaction with medical care/out of pocket costs
• Format vision and hearing survey data 10-6-2022								• Creates flag for eye exam in past year outcome
• Private supplemental coverage from hitline files 10-6-2022							• Creates flags for private supplemental coverage type




2) Directory: Main STATA Analytic File
•	File in this directory is the main STATA code used to conduct statistical analyses for this study

File Name								Type of file/directory			Function
MA disparities in access to care setup 3-4-2023				STATA program (.DO file)		• Merges together all files from Directory 1 (MCBS Data Setup)
														• Implements all study attrition and inclusion/exclusion criteria, constructs propensity scores and weighting, and conducts all statistical analyses for this paper.