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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC016GF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-016G: 1997 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS programming statements and in SAS transport format, the Medical Provider Visits File provides detailed information on offfice-based medical provider 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 office-based medical provider utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1997. Each record represents one household-reported office-based medical provider visit reported during the 1997 portion of round 3, and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 1, as well as rounds 1, 2 and the 1997 portion of round 3 for Panel 2 of the survey.

The Office-Based Provider Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the office-based visit, such as, dat
Data Year(s)  1997
Records  148835
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-016G


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
HHSFFIDX 31 HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
OBCH97H 81 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHPVA(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBCH97M 177 MPC RPTD AMT PD, CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD97H 57 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD97M 153 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR97H 49 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR97M 145 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF97H 89 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF97M 185 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT97H 113 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT97M 209 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV97H 65 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV97M 161 MPC RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF97H 41 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF97M 137 MPC RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL97H 97 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL97M 193 MPC RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC97H 129 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC97M 217 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBUC97H 121 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA97H 73 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA97M 169 MPC RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC97H 105 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC97M 201 MPC RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU97 233 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR97 241 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER97 225 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERS LEVL WGT,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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