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File Name  HC047F4
File Type  Person-Round-Plan
Title  HC-047: 1997-2000 Person Round Plan Files
Description  This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the 1997-2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains four Person Round Plan (PRPL) files, one for each year 1997 (File 1) through 2000 (File 4). Each of the PRPL files contains records for persons insured through establishments providing hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, or long-term care coverage and includes variables pertaining to managed care and satisfaction with plan coverage. These are designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. Released as ASCII files with SAS programming statements, and in SAS Transport format, the PRPL files are not person-level files and linking a PRPL file to a MEPS full year person-level file (e.g., HC-038 for year 2000) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file.
Data Year(s)  2000
Records  54427
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
APPT 374 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST APPT? Insurance
BYEMPL 322 EMPLOYER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYFED 290 FEDERAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYLOCAL 306 LOCAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYOTHER 338 OTHER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSOMGOV 314 SOME GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSTATE 298 STATE GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYUNION 330 UNION PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
CHANPROV 382 DID HAVE TO CHANGE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER Insurance
CMJINS 100 CMJ AS THE SOURCE OF PLAN: 1 YES, 2 NO Insurance
COBRA 260 COBRA COVERAGE: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
COSTQUAL 390 IMPORTANCE COST/QUALITY IN CHOOSING PLAN Insurance
COVTYPIN 263 COVERAGE @INTVW: 1=SINGLE, 2=FAMILY Insurance
CUSTSERV 398 HAS CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE/ADMIN OFFICE Insurance
DECPHLDR 197 DECEASED POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
DENTLINS 228 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: DENTAL Insurance
DEPNDNT 114 DEPENDENT OF POLICY HOLDER Insurance
DIFFREF 406 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST REFERRAL Insurance
DRLIST 352 DOES PLAN HAVE A BOOK/LIST OF DOCTORS? Insurance
DUPERSID 28 PERSON CVRD BY POLCYHLDR-ESTABLISHMENT Identifiers
EMPLSTAT 103 POLICYHOLDER EMPLOYMENT STATUS Insurance
EPCPIDX 0 EPRSIDX + RN + DUPERSID Identifiers
EPRSIDX 55 ESTABLISHMENT ID + POLICYHOLDER ID Identifiers
ESTBIDX 44 ESTABLISHMENT ID Identifiers
EVALCOVR 117 COVERED @ INTERVIEW DATE OR 12/31 Insurance
HOSPINSX 222 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: HOSPITAL/HMO (EDITED) Insurance
JOBSIDX 80 JOBSIDX Identifiers
JOBSINFR 91 JOBSIDX INFERRED RATHER THAN REPORTED ID Insurance
LTCINS 244 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: LTC-NURSING HOME Insurance
MSUPINSX 225 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: MEDIGAP (EDITED) Insurance
NAMECHNG 363 HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN PLAN NAME Insurance
NOPUFLG 203 PHLDR NOT IN HC013 OR HC038, OTH REASON Insurance
OOPELIG 271 FLAG: POLICYHOLDER ESTB HAS PREMIUM Insurance
OOPPREM 274 MONTHLY OUT-OF-POCKET PREMIUM, R1 (ED) Insurance
OUTPHLDR 200 OUT-OF-RU POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
PAIDLESS 414 HAS PLAN PAID LESS THAN EXPECTED? Insurance
PANEL 74 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PHLDRIDX 36 POLICY HOLDER'S DUPERSID Identifiers
PHOLDER 111 POLICY HOLDER Insurance
PLANREF 422 PLAN REFUSED TO PAY FOR OR APPROVE CARE Insurance
PLANSAT 430 SATISFACTION WITH INSURANCE PLAN Insurance
PMEDINS 252 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: PRESCRIPTION DRUG Insurance
PREMLEVX 282 EDITED PREMLEVL Insurance
PRIVCAT 214 CATEGORY OF PRIVATE COVERAGE Insurance
PUF22FLG 94 1=IN HC022, ELSE 0 Insurance
PUF39FLG 97 1=IN HC039, ELSE 0 Insurance
RECPLAN 438 LIKELY TO RECOMMEND PLAN? Insurance
RN 77 ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
SATAMT 446 SATISFIED WITH AMOUNT PAID Insurance
SATCHOIC 454 HOW SATISFIED WITH CHOICE OF PROVIDER Insurance
SATCOVH 462 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOSPITALIZATION? Insurance
SATCOVMH 470 HOW SATISFIED WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE Insurance
SATCOVP 478 HOW SATISFIED W/ PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE? Insurance
SATCOVPM 486 HOW SATISFIED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDS? Insurance
SATCS 494 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOW CALL HANDLED Insurance
SATELIG 371 ELIG. FOR SATIS. PLAN QUEST: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
SATPAPER 502 SATISFIED W/ AMOUNT/DIFFICULTY PAPERWORK Insurance
STATUS1 125 STATUS - MONTH 1 Insurance
STATUS10 152 STATUS - MONTH 10 Insurance
STATUS11 155 STATUS - MONTH 11 Insurance
STATUS12 158 STATUS - MONTH 12 Insurance
STATUS13 161 STATUS - MONTH 13 Insurance
STATUS14 164 STATUS - MONTH 14 Insurance
STATUS15 167 STATUS - MONTH 15 Insurance
STATUS16 170 STATUS - MONTH 16 Insurance
STATUS17 173 STATUS - MONTH 17 Insurance
STATUS18 176 STATUS - MONTH 18 Insurance
STATUS19 179 STATUS - MONTH 19 Insurance
STATUS2 128 STATUS - MONTH 2 Insurance
STATUS20 182 STATUS - MONTH 20 Insurance
STATUS21 185 STATUS - MONTH 21 Insurance
STATUS22 188 STATUS - MONTH 22 Insurance
STATUS23 191 STATUS - MONTH 23 Insurance
STATUS24 194 STATUS - MONTH 24 Insurance
STATUS3 131 STATUS - MONTH 3 Insurance
STATUS4 134 STATUS - MONTH 4 Insurance
STATUS5 137 STATUS - MONTH 5 Insurance
STATUS6 140 STATUS - MONTH 6 Insurance
STATUS7 143 STATUS - MONTH 7 Insurance
STATUS8 146 STATUS - MONTH 8 Insurance
STATUS9 149 STATUS - MONTH 9 Insurance
TYPEFLAG 206 TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT Insurance
UPRHMO 346 HMO COVERAGE (FROM PRPL) Insurance
UPRMNC 349 PLAN REQRD COVRD PERS USE GATEKEEPER Insurance
VISIONIN 236 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: VISION Insurance
VISITPYX 360 PLAN PAY NON-HMO, NON-REFER DR VISIT(ED) Insurance

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