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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC033A
File Type  Events
Title  HC-033A: 1999 Prescribed Medicines File
Description  This file is one in a series of public use event files from the 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS HC) and Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII data file and SAS transport file, this public use file provides detailed information on household-reported prescribed medicines for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of prescribed medicine utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1999. Each record represents one household-reported prescribed medicine that was purchased or obtained during calendar year 1999. These data were collected during the 1999 portion of Round 3 (and Round 2 for some cases), and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 3, as well as Rounds 1, 2 and the 1999 portion of Round 3 for Panel 4. Each record on this event file represents a unique prescribed medicine event; that is, a prescribed medicine reported as being purchased or otherwise obtained by the househ
Data Year(s)  1999
Records  173950
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-033A


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Name Position Label Category
CLMOMFLG 583 CHGE/PYMNT, Rx CLAIM FILING, OMTYPE STAT Event Description
DIABFLG 589 Rx INSULIN OR DIABETIC EQUIPMENT/SUPPLY Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 144 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
INPCFLG 586 PID HAS AT LEAST 1 RECORD IN PC Event Description
LINKIDX 167 ID FOR LINKAGE TO COND/OTH EVENT FILES Identifiers
PCIMPFLG 580 TYPE OF HC TO PC PRESCRIPTION MATCH Event Description
PERWT99F 120 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHARTP1 556 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 1ST Event Description
PHARTP2 559 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 2ND Event Description
PHARTP3 562 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 3RD Event Description
PHARTP4 565 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 4TH Event Description
PHARTP5 568 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 5TH Event Description
PHARTP6 571 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 6TH Event Description
PHARTP7 574 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 7TH Event Description
PID 538 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PURCHRD 541 ROUND Rx/PRESCR MED OBTAINED/PURCHASED Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
RXBEGDD 547 DAY PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXBEGMM 550 MONTH PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXBEGYR 553 YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXCCC1X 529 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Conditions
RXCCC2X 532 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Conditions
RXCCC3X 535 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Conditions
RXCH99X 56 AMOUNT PAID, CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXFLG 577 NDC IMPUTATION SOURCE ON PC DONOR REC Event Description
RXFORM 270 FORM OF Rx/PRESCRIBED MEDICINE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXFRMUNT 320 UNIT OF MEAS FORM Rx/PRESC MED (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXHHNAME 229 HC REPORTED MEDICATION NAME Event Description
RXICD1X 520 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
RXICD2X 523 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
RXICD3X 526 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
RXMD99X 32 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXMR99X 24 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXNAME 179 MEDICATION NAME (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXNDC 259 NATIONAL DRUG CODE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXOF99X 64 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOR99X 96 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOT99X 88 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOU99X 104 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXPV99X 40 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXQUANTY 8 QUANTITY OF Rx/PRESCR MED (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXR2FLAG 544 FLAG FOR PANEL 3 R2 EVENT IN 1999 Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
RXRECIDX 152 UNIQUE Rx/PRESCRIBED MEDICINE IDENTIFIER Identifiers
RXSF99X 16 AMOUNT PAID, SELF OR FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXSL99X 72 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXSTRENG 370 STRENGTH OF Rx/PRESCR MED DOSE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXUNIT 420 UNIT OF MEAS STRENGTH OF Rx (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXUNITOS 470 OTH SPEC UNIT MEAS Rx MED DOSE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXVA99X 48 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXWC99X 80 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXXP99X 112 SUM OF PAYMENTS RXSF99X-RXOU99X(IMPUTED) Event Description
SAMPLE 592 HOUSEHLD RCVD FREE SAMPLE OF Rx IN ROUND Event Description
VARPSU99 136 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR99 128 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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