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    • Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey - Survey File

    Metadata Updated: January 13, 2026

    The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) - Survey File Microdata Public Use File (PUF) dataset provides information on topics such as Medicare beneficiaries' access to care, health status, other information regarding beneficiaries’ knowledge of, attitudes toward, and satisfaction with their health care, as well as demographic data and information on all types of health insurance coverage.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/7e0bc53c-3737-464c-b84f-2c9de58833c5/2023%20Survey%20File%20Methodology.zip

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date January 13, 2026
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 25, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date January 13, 2026
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/cab71ec9-221c-4969-93dc-196d9f824689/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2025-12-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-08
    Category Medicare
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-11/SFPUF2023_Codebooks.zip
    Data Dictionary Type application/zip
    Harvest Object Id 18c3a11a-7e2b-4ac7-b168-5e665d755838
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-mcbs/medicare-current-beneficiary-survey-survey-file
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/sites/default/files/2025-12/7e0bc53c-3737-464c-b84f-2c9de58833c5/2023%20Survey%20File%20Methodology.zip
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 58cf55ee77c5dc1cb56688a1409f4050e90273736663a95ce2a89865a821ab66
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2013-01-01/2023-12-31

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