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Must a researcher use only a single year or a single care setting when analyzing data from NAMCS and NHAMCS?

April 26, 2017analyzing Data namcs nhamcs researcher setting year

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Must a researcher use only a single year or a single care setting when analyzing data from NAMCS and NHAMCS?

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No. Survey years with the same patient record form (survey instrument) can be easily combined. Years in which the same question of interest is asked can be combined. Within years, data from the surveys of the three care settings can be combined because the surveys have different sampling frames.