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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC085C
File Type  Events
Title  HC-085C: 2004 Oher Medical expenses
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2004 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on the purchase of and expenditures for medical equipment, supplies, glasses and other medical items for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of the utilization and expenditures associated with medical items during the 2004 calendar year. This file consists of 2004 data obtained in the 2004 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 8, as well as rounds 1, 2 and the 2004 portion of round 3 for Panel 9 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2004).
Data Year(s)  2004
Records  9580
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 190 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EVENTRN 187 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 198 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 210 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOMTYPE 24 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT05 32 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2004 Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 152 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
OMMD04X 56 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMMR04X 48 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOF04X 88 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOR04X 112 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOT04X 128 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOTHOS 247 OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY Event Description
OMOTHOX 222 OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY - EDITED Event Description
OMOU04X 120 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMPV04X 64 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMSF04X 40 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMSL04X 96 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMTC04X 144 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OMTR04X 80 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMTYPE 16 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSE TYPE Event Description
OMTYPEX 8 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSE TYPE - EDITED Event Description
OMVA04X 72 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMWC04X 104 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMXP04X 136 SUM OF OMSF04X-OMOT04X (IMPUTED) Event Description
PERWT04F 160 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 184 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU 176 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 168 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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