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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026HF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026H: 1998 Home Health File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Household-reported information on expenditures for home health visits including the type of provider, type of services received, length of the visit, reason for the visit, expenditures, and sources of payment. Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on home health care 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 home health care during the 1998 calendar year. This file consists of 1998 data obtained in the 1998 portion of round 3, and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 2, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 1998 portion of round 3 for Panel 3 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 1998). The H
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  3320
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026H


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 16 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EVNTIDX 24 EVENT ID Identifiers
HHCH98H 86 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHPVA(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHMD98H 62 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHMR98H 54 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHOF98H 94 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHOT98H 118 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHPV98H 70 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHSF98H 46 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHSFFIDX 36 HOUSEHOLD REPORTED FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
HHSL98H 102 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE/LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHTC98H 134 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHUC98H 126 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHVA98H 78 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
HHWC98H 110 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU98 158 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU 1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 150 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM 1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER98 142 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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