Research for Data

We examine the Repatriated Prisoners of War Data Bank (RPWDB), which primarily includes information for 1978 through 1997 for repatriated prisoners of war (RPOWs). Our strategy is to explore the files and categorize them with respect to type of data, number of unique RPOWs in the files by year, data variable available for use, and summary details for number variables. We find that, of the 38 files on the RPWDB, 21 have data for Vietnam-era RPOWs. Of these, we find 13 files that are useful for research purposes and 8 that are either administrative tracking files or an extract of another file. Appendix A details the number of occurrences of each RPOW by file, while appendix B shows the same information for the control group. Appendices C through J contains the details of the relevant information for each of the 13 files holding data relevant to research use.

As part of the Tricare- Tidewater evaluation, CNA fielded a military beneficiary health care survey in the fall of 1992 to collect information on access, satisfaction, health status, and utilization. To supplement these data, and support the Tricare evaluation, we developed an administrative data set using claims data from the Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS), Biometrics records, and Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System (MEPRS) data. This administrative data set provides not only cost information but also detailed utilization records, including information about specific diagnoses and treatments. While working with the survey data, we observed internal inconsistencies in how people responded to the utilization section of the survey. These inconsistencies raised concerns about the veracity of the self-reported use measures. Given these concerns and the unique opportunity of having both survey and administrative measures of use for the same population, we thought it was appropriate to attempt to validate the self-reported utilization data against administrative records. In this paper, we compare the self-reported utilization data to the corresponding administrative utilization data, created from the CHAMPUS Quick Response Data File and Biometrics records, for a subset of our survey respondents. We look at incidences of overreporting and underreporting use in the survey data, and we attempt to explain these occurrences and the impact of this misreporting on aggre

One of the goals of the Enlisted Force Management Integration project is to study the effect on the force structure of changes in Navy policies. Requirements data are necessary both for creating a model of force structure and for modeling changes in force policy. The Enlisted Billet File is the major source of data on requirements for Navy enlisted personnel. This paper describes a number of the data elements on the file. Its purpose is to identify those data elements that are potentially useful for the project.

This volume of the National Manpower Inventory Model (NMI) provides technical documentation for the Final Report. For Additional Information See 02 053301, and 02 053303.