MEPS-HC Variable Locator for Medical Event Files
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDENTIFIERS | ||||||||||
| Dwelling unit | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Person | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Event | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Flat fee group | x | x | x (g) | x | x | x | x | |||
| Round number | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Condition | x | |||||||||
| Link to prescribed medicines | x | |||||||||
| EVENT DESCRIPTION | ||||||||||
| Date of event | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Quantity/frequency/length of visit | x | x | x | |||||||
| Type of provider | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Procedures | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Due to accident or injury | x | |||||||||
| Was medicine prescribed | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Medication name/code | x | |||||||||
| MPC data flag | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| # condition records linked to event | x (a) | x (a) | x (a) | x (a) | x (a) | x (a) | x (a) | |||
| ICD-9 diagnosis codes | x | x (c) | x | x | x | x | ||||
| ICD-9 procedure codes | x (c) | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Modified clinical classification codes | x | x (c) | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Multum Lexicon variables | x (f) | |||||||||
| In person or telephone | x | x | ||||||||
| VA facility | x (g) | x | x | x | ||||||
| FLAT FEES | ||||||||||
| Stem or leaf | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| Visits in flat fee | x | x | x (d) | x (e) | x | x | x | |||
| EXPENDITURES | ||||||||||
| Source of payment (c) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Total expenditures | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Expenditure imp. flags (c) | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| Total charges | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| HH preimputed/MPC unimputed expenditures | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| SAMPLING WEIGHTS AND VARIANCE ESTIMATION | ||||||||||
| Person weight | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Stratum | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| PSU | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
Notes: (a) – (g) See Appendix 2 for details on availability of these data elements
| Appendix 1: List of Data Files | |
|---|---|
| MEPS event file names: |
|
| HC-010A - HC-010I = 1996 Event Files | |
| HC-016A - HC-016I (plus HC-042 File 2, supplement to HC-016F) = 1997 Event Files | |
| HC-026A - HC-026I = 1998 Event Files | |
| HC-033A - HC-033I = 1999 Event Files | |
| HC-051A - HC-051I = 2000 Event Files | |
| HC-059A - HC-059I = 2001 Event Files | |
| HC-067A - HC-067I = 2002 Event Files | |
| HC-077A - HC-077I = 2003 Event Files | |
| HC-085A - HC-085I = 2004 Event Files | |
| HC-094A - HC-094I = 2005 Event Files | |
| HC-102A - HC-102I = 2006 Event Files | |
| HC-110A – HC-110I = 2007 Event Files | |
| where: |
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| A = Prescribed Medicines (RX) | |
| B = Dental Visits (DV) | |
| C = Other Medical Expenses (OM) | |
| D = Hospital Inpatient Stays (IP) | |
| E = Emergency Room Visits (ER) | |
| F = Outpatient Department Visits (OP) | |
| G = Office-Based Medical Provider Visits (OB) | |
| H = Home Health (HH) | |
| I = Appendix to MEPS Event Files | |
| Appendix 2: Notes on Availability of Variables | |
| Notes: |
|
| (a) | Data item included only in 1996 and 1997 releases. |
| (b) | Family, Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Veterans, Tricare, Other Federal, State/Local Government, Workers Compensation, Other Private Insurance, Other Public Insurance, Other Insurance |
| (c) | Data item included only in 1996 release. |
| (d) | Data item not included in 1997 release. |
| (e) | Data item not included in 1997, 1999 or 2001 release. |
| (f) | The Multum Lexicon variables are available on HC-068, Multum Lexicon Addendum Files for 1996 through 2001. For 2002 and subsequent years, these variables are on the Prescribed Medications Event files. |
| (g) | Data item not included in 2007 release. |