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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC077B
File Type  Events
Title  HC-077B: 2003 Dental Visits
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2003 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and in SAS transport format, the Dental Visits File provides detailed information on dental events for a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United Sates during the 2003 calendar year. This file consists of 2003 data obtained in the 2003 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 7, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2003 portion of round 3 for Panel 8 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2003), and contains variables pertaining to household reported dental visits. The file includes the date of the dental event, type of provider seen, if the visit was due to an accident, reason for the dental event, and whether or not medicines were prescribed.
Data Year(s)  2003
Records  29473
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-077B


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Name Position Label Category
ABSCESS 256 ABSCESS OR INFECTION TREATMENT Event Description
BRIDGES 288 BRIDGES Event Description
BRIDGESX 280 EDITED BRIDGES Event Description
CLENTETH 104 CLEANING, PROPHYLAXIS, OR POLISHING Event Description
CROWNS 184 CROWNS OR CAPS Event Description
CROWNSX 176 EDITED CROWNS Event Description
DENTHYG 40 DENTAL HYGIENIST SEEN Event Description
DENTMED 384 RECEIVED MEDICINE INCLUDING FREE SAMPLE Event Description
DENTOTHR 625 OTHER SPECIFIED DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTOTHX 600 EDITED DENTOTHR Event Description
DENTPROC 376 OTHER DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTPROX 368 EDITED DENTPROC Event Description
DENTSURG 56 DENTAL SURGEON SEEN Event Description
DENTTECH 48 DENTAL TECHNICIAN SEEN Event Description
DENTURES 304 DENTURES OR PARTIAL DENTURES Event Description
DENTUREX 296 EDITED DENTURES Event Description
DENTYPE 88 OTHER DENTAL SPECIALIST SEEN Event Description
DUID 560 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 568 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
DVDATEDD 24 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
DVDATEMM 16 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
DVDATEYR 8 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
DVMD03X 432 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVMR03X 424 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOF03X 464 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOR03X 488 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOT03X 504 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOU03X 496 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVPV03X 440 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSF03X 416 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSL03X 472 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVTC03X 520 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
DVTR03X 456 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVVA03X 448 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVWC03X 480 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVXP03X 512 SUM OF DVSF03X-DVOT03X (IMPUTED) Event Description
ENDODENT 72 ENDODONTIST SEEN Event Description
EVENTRN 0 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 576 EVENT ID Identifiers
EXAMINE 96 GENERAL EXAM OR CONSULTATION Event Description
EXTRACT 240 EXTRACTION, TOOTH PULLED Event Description
FFBEF03 400 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2003 Flat Fees
FFDVTYPE 392 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 588 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFTOT04 408 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2003 Flat Fees
FILLING 160 FILLINGS Event Description
FILLINGX 152 EDITED FILLING Event Description
FLUORIDE 128 FLUORIDE TREATMENT Event Description
GENDENT 32 GENERAL DENTIST SEEN Event Description
GUMSURG 216 PERIODONTAL SCALING, ROOT PLANING OR GUM Event Description
GUMSURGX 208 EDITED GUMSURG Event Description
IMPFLAG 528 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
IMPLANT 248 IMPLANTS Event Description
INLAY 168 INLAYS Event Description
JUSTXRAY 120 X-RAYS, RADIOGRAPHS OR BITEWINGS Event Description
JUSTXRYX 112 EDITED JUSTXRAY Event Description
ORALSURG 272 ORAL SURGERY Event Description
ORALSURX 264 EDITED ORALSURG Event Description
ORTHDONT 336 ORTHODONTIA, BRACES OR RETAINERS Event Description
ORTHDONX 328 EDITED ORTHDONT Event Description
ORTHODNT 64 ORTHODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PERIODNT 80 PERIODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PERWT03F 536 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2003 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 565 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RECLVIS 232 PERIODONTAL RECALL VISIT Event Description
RECLVISX 224 EDITED RECLVIS Event Description
REPAIR 320 REPAIR OF BRIDGES/DENTURES OR RELINING Event Description
REPAIRX 312 EDITED REPAIR Event Description
ROOTCANL 200 ROOT CANAL Event Description
ROOTCANX 192 EDITED ROOTCANL Event Description
SEALANT 144 SEALANT APPLICATION Event Description
SEALANTX 136 EDITED SEALANT Event Description
TMDTMJ 360 TREATMENT FOR TMD OR TMJ Event Description
VARPSU 552 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2003 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 544 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2003 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WHITEN 352 BONDING, WHITENING, OR BLEACHING Event Description
WHITENX 344 EDITED WHITEN Event Description

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