- Navigate to the CDC NHAMCS home page: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd_questionnaires.htm.
- Scroll to the middle of the page, to the Downloadable Documentation heading.
- Click on the link for NHAMCS (1992-2014). It should take you to the CDC's documentation FTP website (ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHAMCS). This website is pictured in the following screenshot.
- Find the file named doc13_ed.pdf. Click on it. A PDF should open in your browser. This PDF file contains the documentation for the ED2013 data file.
- Use your browser to download the file. Then use your File Explorer to move it to the desired directory: