Details for title: 2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Early Look

Details for title: 2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Early Look

2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Early Look Data Brief

CMS is pleased to release the 2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Early Look Data Brief. This Early Look Data Brief presents key preliminary estimates relevant to the community-dwelling Medicare population in advance of the upcoming MCBS 2017 Survey File LDS release.  Using preliminary data from the 2017 MCBS Survey File, the Early Look presents a demographic portrait of the Medicare population residing in the community. It also provides preliminary estimates pertaining to selected health status and functioning, access to care, and satisfaction with care measures not available in the CMS administrative data.  Some additional key statistics provided in the 2017 Early Look Data Brief include: 

• In 2017, almost thirty percent of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries report serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
• In 2017, although the majority of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries report English as their primary language spoken at home, twelve percent report that their primary language is other than English.

You may access the full data brief here.