The purpose of the National Survey of Access to Medical Care, 1982, was to provide current data on the accessability of medical care for the United States population. The 1982 access survey served to update information available from previous Center for Health Administration Studies/National Opinion Research Center surveys in 1953, 1958, 1963, 1970, and 1976. This data collection provides information on traditional GNP-type indicators as well as on special access problems reflective of the 1980's. All United States households with phones were sampled between May 10 and September 27, 1982 using a random-digit dialing sample design which included an oversample of low income (150 per cent of poverty level) households. There are five files in the data collection: 1) a logical record length data file, 2) frequencies of all variables, 3) SPSS control cards, 4) a file containing the SPSS version of the data file including variable labels, value labels, and missing values for each variable, and 5) a final file listing the variables with column locations and formats.