Health Interview Survey, 1970

The purpose of the Health Interview Survey is to obtain
information about the amount and distribution of illness, its effects
in terms of disability and chronic impairments, and the kinds of
health services people receive. There are five types of records in
this core survey, each in a separate data file. The variables in the
Household file (Part 1) include type of living quarters, size of
family, number of families in the household, presence of a telephone,
number of unrelated individuals, and region. The Person file (Part 2)
includes information on sex, age, race, marital status, Hispanic
origin, education, veteran status, family income, family size, major
activities, health status, activity limits, employment status, and
industry and occupation. These variables are found in the Condition,
Doctor Visit, and Hospital Episode files as well. The Person file
also supplies data on height, weight, bed days, doctor visits,
hospital stays, years at residence, and region variables. The
Condition file (Part 3) contains information for each reported health
condition, with specifics on injury and accident reports. The Hospital
Episode file (Part 4) provides information on medical conditions,
hospital episodes, type of service, type of hospital ownership, date
of admission and discharge, number of nights in hospital, and
operations performed. The Doctor Visit file (Part 5) documents doctor
visits within the time period and identifies acute or chronic
conditions. The Health Insurance file (Part 6) includes information on education level, family income, hospital visits and length of stay, and also data on medical coverage, hospital coverage, medicare coverage, and doctor visit coverage. The Medical Care Cost file (Part 7) includes information on hospital bill expenses, doctor and dental bill expenses, optical bill expenses, and total personal and family expenses. The X-Ray file (Part 8) includes information on x-ray records, doctor visits, height, weight, and total medical x-ray visits.

健康访谈调查旨在获取以下信息：疾病的发生数量与分布情况、疾病导致的残疾及慢性损伤影响，以及人们所接受的医疗服务类型。该核心调查包含五种记录类型，每种记录存于独立的数据文件中。

家庭文件（第1部分）中的变量包括居住类型、家庭规模、户内家庭数量、是否配备电话、非亲属个体数量及地区。

个人文件（第2部分）涵盖性别、年龄、种族、婚姻状况、西班牙裔血统、教育程度、退伍军人身份、家庭收入、家庭规模、主要活动、健康状况、活动限制、就业状态、行业与职业信息。这些变量同样存在于健康状况文件、看诊记录文件及住院事件文件中。此外，个人文件还提供身高、体重、卧床天数、看诊次数、住院时长、居住年限及地区变量的数据。

健康状况文件（第3部分）包含每份报告的健康状况信息，以及损伤与事故报告的具体细节。

住院事件文件（第4部分）提供医疗状况、住院事件、服务类型、医院所有制类型、入院与出院日期、住院夜数及手术实施情况的信息。

看诊记录文件（第5部分）记录特定时间段内的看诊情况，并识别急性或慢性疾病。

健康保险文件（第6部分）包括教育水平、家庭收入、住院次数与住院时长，以及医疗保险、住院保险、医保覆盖范围、看诊覆盖范围的数据。

医疗费用文件（第7部分）涵盖住院账单费用、医生及牙科账单费用、眼科账单费用，以及个人与家庭总费用。

X光检查文件（第8部分）包括X光记录、看诊次数、身高、体重及医疗X光检查总次数。