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File Name  HC057
File Type  Person-Round-Plan
Title  HC-057: 2001 Person Round Plan Public Use File
Description  This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains the Person Round Plan (PRPL) file for 2001. This file contains records for persons insured through establishments providing hospital/physician, medigap, dental or prescription medication coverage and includes variables pertaining to managed care and satisfaction with plan coverage. These are designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements, and in SAS Transport format, the PRPL file is not a person-level file and linking it to a MEPS full year person-level file (e.g., HC-060 for year 2001) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file.
Data Year(s)  2001
Records  71790
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
APPT 176 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST APPT? Insurance
BYEMPL 128 EMPLOYER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYFED 96 FEDERAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYLOCAL 112 LOCAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYOTHER 144 OTHER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSOMGOV 120 SOME GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSTATE 104 STATE GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYUNION 136 UNION PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
CHANPROV 184 DID HAVE TO CHANGE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER Insurance
CMJINS 413 CMJ AS THE SOURCE OF PLAN: 1 YES, 2 NO Insurance
COBRA 509 COBRA COVERAGE: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
COSTQUAL 192 IMPORTANCE COST/QUALITY IN CHOOSING PLAN Insurance
COVTYPIN 56 COVERAGE @INTVW: 1=SINGLE, 2=FAMILY Insurance
CUSTSERV 200 HAS CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE/ADMIN OFFICE Insurance
DECPHLDR 494 DECEASED POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
DENTLINS 32 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: DENTAL Insurance
DEPNDNT 419 DEPENDENT OF POLICY HOLDER Insurance
DIFFREF 208 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST REFERRAL Insurance
DRLIST 152 DOES PLAN HAVE A BOOK/LIST OF DOCTORS? Insurance
DUPERSID 340 PERSON CVRD BY POLCYHOLDR - ESTABLISHMENT Identifiers
EMPLSTAT 0 POLICYHOLDER EMPLOYMENT STATUS Insurance
EPCPIDX 312 EPRSIDX + RN + DUPERSID Identifiers
EPRSIDX 367 ESTABLISHMEMT ID + POLICYHOLDER ID Identifiers
ESTBIDX 356 ESTABLISHMEMT ID Identifiers
EVALCOVR 8 COVERED @ INTERVIEW DATE OR 12/31 Insurance
HOSPINSX 503 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: HOSPITAL/HMO (EDITED) Insurance
JOBSIDX 387 JOB IDENTIFIER Identifiers
JOBSINFR 404 JOBSIDX INFERRED RATHER THAN REPORTED ID Insurance
MSUPINSX 506 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: MEDIGAP (EDITED) Insurance
NAMECHNG 168 HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN PLAN NAME Insurance
NOPUFLG 500 PHLDR NOT IN HC034 OR HC055, OTH REASON Insurance
OOPELIG 512 FLAG: POLICYHOLDER ESTB HAS PREMIUM Insurance
OOPFLAG 515 1=OOPPREMX ED/IMP, ELSE 0 Insurance
OOPPREM 64 MONTHLY OUT-OF-POCKET PREMIUM Insurance
OOPPREMX 72 MONTHLY OUT-OF-POCKET PREMIUM (ED/IMP) Insurance
OOPX12X 80 ANNUAL OUT-OF-POCKET PREMIUM (ED/IMP) Insurance
OUTPHLDR 497 OUT-OF-RU POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
PAIDLESS 216 HAS PLAN PAID LESS THAN EXPECTED? Insurance
PANEL 398 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PHLDRIDX 348 POLICYHOLDER'S DUPERSID Identifiers
PHOLDER 416 POLICY HOLDER Insurance
PLANREF 224 PLAN REFUSED TO PAY FOR OR APPROVE CARE Insurance
PLANSAT 232 SATISFACTION WITH INSURANCE PLAN Insurance
PMEDINS 48 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: PRESCRIPTION DRUG Insurance
PREMLEVX 88 EDITED PREMLEVL Insurance
PRIVCAT 24 CATEGORY OF PRIVATE COVERAGE Insurance
PUF34FLG 407 1=IN PUF 34, ELSE 0 Insurance
PUF55FLG 410 1=IN PUF 55, ELSE 0 Insurance
RECPLAN 240 LIKELY TO RECOMMEND PLAN? Insurance
RN 401 ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
SATAMT 248 SATISFIED WITH AMOUNT PAID Insurance
SATCHOIC 256 HOW SATISFIED WITH CHOICE OF PROVIDER Insurance
SATCOVH 264 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOSPITALIZATION? Insurance
SATCOVMH 272 HOW SATISFIED WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE Insurance
SATCOVP 280 HOW SATISFIED W/ PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE? Insurance
SATCOVPM 288 HOW SATISFIED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDS? Insurance
SATCS 296 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOW CALL HANDLED Insurance
SATELIG 524 ELIG. FOR SATIS. PLAN QUEST: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
SATPAPER 304 SATISFIED W/ AMOUNT/DIFFICULTY PAPERWORK Insurance
STATUS1 422 STATUS - MONTH 1 Insurance
STATUS10 449 STATUS - MONTH 10 Insurance
STATUS11 452 STATUS - MONTH 11 Insurance
STATUS12 455 STATUS - MONTH 12 Insurance
STATUS13 458 STATUS - MONTH 13 Insurance
STATUS14 461 STATUS - MONTH 14 Insurance
STATUS15 464 STATUS - MONTH 15 Insurance
STATUS16 467 STATUS - MONTH 16 Insurance
STATUS17 470 STATUS - MONTH 17 Insurance
STATUS18 473 STATUS - MONTH 18 Insurance
STATUS19 476 STATUS - MONTH 19 Insurance
STATUS2 425 STATUS - MONTH 2 Insurance
STATUS20 479 STATUS - MONTH 20 Insurance
STATUS21 482 STATUS - MONTH 21 Insurance
STATUS22 485 STATUS - MONTH 22 Insurance
STATUS23 488 STATUS - MONTH 23 Insurance
STATUS24 491 STATUS - MONTH 24 Insurance
STATUS3 428 STATUS - MONTH 3 Insurance
STATUS4 431 STATUS - MONTH 4 Insurance
STATUS5 434 STATUS - MONTH 5 Insurance
STATUS6 437 STATUS - MONTH 6 Insurance
STATUS7 440 STATUS - MONTH 7 Insurance
STATUS8 443 STATUS - MONTH 8 Insurance
STATUS9 446 STATUS - MONTH 9 Insurance
TYPEFLAG 16 TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT Insurance
UPRHMO 518 HMO COVERAGE (FROM PRPL) Insurance
UPRMNC 521 PLAN REQRD COVRD PERS USE GATEKEEPER Insurance
VISIONIN 40 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: VISION Insurance
VISITPAY 160 PLAN PAY NON-HMO, NON-REFER DR VISIT Insurance

   Page last revised:  January 31, 2012