/*****************************************************************************/ /* SPSS User Files are being provided for the convenience of analysts who */ /* may wish to use SPSS to analyze the MEPS data. However, users are */ /* cautioned that SPSS does not currently have the capability to produce */ /* appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex */ /* sample design like the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The */ /* annual national probability sample of households selected for the MEPS */ /* is a subsample of those participating in the National Health Interview */ /* Survey (NHIS) for the previous calendar year. The NHIS, an ongoing */ /* general health survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population, */ /* is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for */ /* Disease Control and Prevention. The NHIS sample design, and thus that */ /* of the MEPS, uses complex sampling techniques including */ /* stratification, clustering, and differential sampling rates for the */ /* oversampling of selected subgroups of the population. Because of this */ /* sampling structure, software that accounts for this complex sample */ /* design must be used. Without the use of appropriate software that */ /* accounts for the complex sample design of the MEPS in conjunction with */ /* the survey's sampling weights (reflecting the survey's sample */ /* selection probabilities and nonresponse and other adjustments), the */ /* estimated standard errors of survey point estimates will generally be */ /* underestimated, and, thus, the inferential conclusions in an analysis */ /* (descriptive or analytical) may be misleading. It is recommended that */ /* sample survey software be used to analyze the MEPS data. Software for */ /* analysis of complex survey data include, for example, SUDAAN (Research */ /* Triangle Institute), STATA (Stata Corporation), VPLX (U.S. Bureau of */ /* the Census), and WESVAR (Westat, Inc.). A more comprehensive summary */ /* of software for the analysis of data from surveys with complex sample */ /* designs can be accessed through the website for the American */ /* Statistical Association's Survey Research Methods Section. Users may */ /* also reference the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) */ /* web document "Computing Standard Errors for Medical Expenditure Panel */ /* Survey (MEPS) Estimates." */ /*****************************************************************************/ DATA LIST FILE="H102E.DAT" / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 ERHEVIDX 30-41 (A) FFEEIDX 42-53 (A) PANEL 54-55 MPCDATA 56-56 ERDATEYR 57-60 ERDATEMM 61-62 ERDATEDD 63-64 SEEDOC 65-66 VSTCTGRY 67-68 VSTRELCN 69-70 LABTEST 71-72 SONOGRAM 73-74 XRAYS 75-76 MAMMOG 77-78 MRI 79-80 EKG 81-82 EEG 83-84 RCVVAC 85-86 ANESTH 87-88 OTHSVCE 89-90 SURGPROC 91-92 MEDPRESC 93-94 VAPLACE 95-95 ERICD1X 96-98 (A) ERICD2X 99-101 (A) ERICD3X 102-104 (A) ERPRO1X 105-106 (A) ERPRO2X 107-108 (A) ERCCC1X 109-111 (A) ERCCC2X 112-114 (A) ERCCC3X 115-117 (A) FFERTYPE 118-119 FFBEF06 120-121 FFTOT07 122-123 ERXP06X 124-131 (2) ERTC06X 132-139 (2) ERFSF06X 140-146 (2) ERFMR06X 147-154 (2) ERFMD06X 155-161 (2) ERFPV06X 162-169 (2) ERFVA06X 170-177 (2) ERFTR06X 178-184 (2) ERFOF06X 185-191 (2) ERFSL06X 192-198 (2) ERFWC06X 199-205 (2) ERFOR06X 206-212 (2) ERFOU06X 213-219 (2) ERFOT06X 220-226 (2) ERFXP06X 227-234 (2) ERFTC06X 235-242 (2) ERDSF06X 243-249 (2) ERDMR06X 250-256 (2) ERDMD06X 257-263 (2) ERDPV06X 264-270 (2) ERDVA06X 271-276 (2) ERDTR06X 277-282 (2) ERDOF06X 283-287 (2) ERDSL06X 288-293 (2) ERDWC06X 294-299 (2) ERDOR06X 300-306 (2) ERDOU06X 307-313 (2) ERDOT06X 314-319 (2) ERDXP06X 320-326 (2) ERDTC06X 327-334 (2) IMPFLAG 335-335 PERWT06F 336-347 (6) VARSTR 348-350 VARPSU 351-351 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' ERHEVIDX 'EVENT ID FOR CORRESPONDING HOSPITAL STAY' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' ERDATEYR 'EVENT DATE - YEAR' ERDATEMM 'EVENT DATE - MONTH' ERDATEDD 'EVENT DATE - DAY' SEEDOC 'DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT' VSTCTGRY 'BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT' VSTRELCN 'THIS VST RELATED TO SPEC CONDITION' LABTEST 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS' SONOGRAM 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD' XRAYS 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS' MAMMOG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM' MRI 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN' EKG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG' EEG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG' RCVVAC 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION' ANESTH 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA' OTHSVCE 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM' SURGPROC 'WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT' MEDPRESC 'ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT' VAPLACE 'VA FACILITY FLAG' ERICD1X '3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE' ERICD2X '3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE' ERICD3X '3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE' ERPRO1X '2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE' ERPRO2X '2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE' ERCCC1X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' ERCCC2X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' ERCCC3X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' FFERTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' FFBEF06 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2006' FFTOT07 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2006' ERXP06X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP06X + ERDXP06X)' ERTC06X 'TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC06X+ERDTC06X)' ERFSF06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' ERFMR06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' ERFMD06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' ERFPV06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFVA06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED)' ERFTR06X 'FACILITY AMT PD,TRICARE/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' ERFOF06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' ERFSL06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' ERFWC06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' ERFOR06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' ERFOU06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' ERFOT06X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFXP06X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF06X-ERFOT06X' ERFTC06X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED)' ERDSF06X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' ERDMR06X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' ERDMD06X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' ERDPV06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERDVA06X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED)' ERDTR06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, TRICARE/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED)' ERDOF06X 'DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' ERDSL06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' ERDWC06X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' ERDOR06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED)' ERDOU06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' ERDOT06X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERDXP06X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF06X - ERDOT06X' ERDTC06X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT06F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2006' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2006' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2006' . VALUE LABELS ANESTH -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / EEG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / EKG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / ERCCC1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERCCC2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERCCC3X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERDATEDD -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERDATEMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERDATEYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2006 '2006' / ERDMD06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDMR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOF06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOT06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOU06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDPV06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDSF06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDSL06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDTC06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDTR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDVA06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDWC06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDXP06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMD06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOF06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOT06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOU06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFPV06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSF06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSL06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFTC06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFTR06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFVA06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFWC06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFXP06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERICD1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERICD2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERICD3X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERPRO1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERPRO2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERTC06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERXP06X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / EVENTRN 1 'ROUND 1' 2 'ROUND 2' 3 'ROUND 3' 4 'ROUND 4' 5 'ROUND 5' / FFBEF06 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / FFERTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 FLAT FEE STEM' 2 '2 FLAT FEE LEAF' / FFTOT07 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 1 '1' / IMPFLAG 0 '0 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPUTATION' 1 '1 COMPLETE HC DATA' 2 '2 COMPLETE MPC DATA' 3 '3 FULLY IMPUTED' 4 '4 PARTIALLY IMPUTED' 5 '5 CAPITATION IMPUTATION' / LABTEST -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / MAMMOG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / MEDPRESC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MPCDATA 1 '1 HAS MPC DATA' 2 '2 NO MPC DATA' / MRI -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / OTHSVCE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / PANEL 10 'PANEL 10' 11 'PANEL 11' / RCVVAC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SEEDOC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SONOGRAM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SURGPROC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / VAPLACE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / VSTCTGRY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT' 2 '2 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)' 3 '3 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING' 4 '4 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT' 5 '5 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS' 6 '6 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)' 91 '91 OTHER' / VSTRELCN -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / XRAYS -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' . EXECUTE.