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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026EF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026E: 1998 Emergency Room Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC) and the Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Emergency Room Visits File provides detailed information on emergency room visits. Data are gathered from a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of emergency room utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1998. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room visit reported during 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.

The Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the emergency room visit, such as, the date of the visit,
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  4154
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026E


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 108 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTH Event Description
DOCOUTF 123 DID P SEE ANY ER DOCTORS OUTSIDE OF ER Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 102 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 99 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 141 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC2X 144 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC3X 147 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERDATEDD 72 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
ERDATEMM 69 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 66 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
ERDCH98X 342 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMP) Event Description
ERDMD98X 318 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR98X 310 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF98X 350 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMP) Event Description
ERDOR98X 374 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOT98X 390 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOU98X 382 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMP) Event Description
ERDPV98X 326 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSF98X 302 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL98X 358 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTD) Event Description
ERDTC98X 406 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA98X 334 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC98X 366 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDXP98X 398 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF98X-ERDOT98X Event Description
ERFCH98X 230 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMD98X 206 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR98X 198 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF98X 238 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR98X 262 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT98X 278 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU98X 270 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV98X 214 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF98X 190 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL98X 246 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC98X 294 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA98X 222 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC98X 254 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP98X 286 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF98X-ERFOT98X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 34 ER/HS LINK ID Identifiers
ERICD1X 129 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD2X 132 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD3X 135 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERPRO1X 138 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
ERTC98X 182 TOT CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC98X + ERDTC98X) Event Description
ERXP98X 174 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP98X + ERDXP98X) Event Description
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF98 158 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 46 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFERTYPE 150 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT99 166 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1998 Flat Fees
LABTEST 84 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 93 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 120 THIS VISIT WERE ANY MEDS PRESCR FOR P Event Description
MPCDATA 58 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 96 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OTHSVCE 111 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH TST/EXM Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 105 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE VACS Event Description
SEEDOC 75 DID P SEE MEDICAL DR DURING THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 87 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOG/ULTRS Event Description
SURGNAME 117 SURG PROC NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 114 SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 126 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU98 422 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 425 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 78 BEST CATOEGORY FOR EROM CARE ON VISIT Event Description
VSTRELCN 81 WAS VISIT RELATED TO SPECIAL HLTH COND Event Description
WTDPER98 414 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
XRAYS 90 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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