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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC126C
File Type  Events
Title  HC-126C 2009 Other Medical Expenses File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2009 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 2009 calendar year. This file consists of 2009 data obtained in the 2009 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 13, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2009 portion of round 3 for Panel 14 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2009).


Data Year(s)  2009
Records  7005
Population  2009 Other Medical Expenses
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
DUID 1 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 3 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EVENTRN 6 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 5 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF09 13 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2009 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 7 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOMTYPE 12 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 28 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
OMMD09X 16 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMMR09X 15 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOF09X 20 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOR09X 23 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOT09X 25 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMOTHOS 11 OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY Event Description
OMOTHOX 10 OMTYPE OTHER SPECIFY - EDITED Event Description
OMOU09X 24 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMPV09X 17 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMSF09X 14 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMSL09X 21 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMTC09X 27 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMTR09X 19 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE(IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMTYPE 9 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSE TYPE Event Description
OMTYPEX 8 OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSE TYPE - EDITED Event Description
OMVA09X 18 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMWC09X 22 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OMXP09X 26 SUM OF OMSF09X-OMOT09X (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
PANEL 4 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PERWT09F 29 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2009 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 2 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU 31 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2009 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 30 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2009 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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