Medicare Proficiency Questionnaire

Overview
The Medicare Proficiency Questionnaire (MPQ) is a survey that measures an individual’s knowledge about Medicare. It was designed to assess both current and prospective beneficiaries’ understanding across a range of Medicare topics. For instructions on administering and scoring this measure, please refer to the user guide.
Validation Paper
Langston, E., Charness, N., & Boot, W. (2025). A Short Medicare Proficiency Questionnaire (MPQ): Reliability and validity. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251334413
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