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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026HF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026H: 1998 Home Health File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Household-reported information on expenditures for home health visits including the type of provider, type of services received, length of the visit, reason for the visit, expenditures, and sources of payment. Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on home health care for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of the utilization and expenditures associated with home health care during the 1998 calendar year. This file consists of 1998 data obtained in 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 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 1998). The H
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  3904
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026H


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Name Position Label Category
CNA 76 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - CERT NURSE ASST Event Description
COMPANN 79 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - COMPANION Event Description
COMPANY 201 PERSON RECEIVED COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES Event Description
DAILYACT 198 PERSON WAS HELPED WI DAILY ACTIVITIES Event Description
DAYSPMO 243 # DAYS PER MONTH PROVIDER CAME (HA ONLY) Event Description
DAYSPWK 235 # DAYS PER WEEK PROVIDER CAME (HA ONLY) Event Description
DIETICN 82 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - DIETITIAN/NUTRT Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 16 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EVENTRN 36 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 24 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF98 287 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 44 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFHHTYPE 279 FLAT FEE BUNDLE - STEM OR LEAF Flat Fees
FFTOT99 295 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1998 Flat Fees
FREQCY 232 PROVIDER HELPED EVERY WK/SOME WKS Event Description
HHAIDE 85 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOME CARE AIDE Event Description
HHCH98X 343 AMOUNT PAID,CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHDATEMM 59 EVENT START DATE - MONTH Event Description
HHDATEYR 56 EVENT START DATE - YEAR Event Description
HHDAYS 276 DAYS PER MONTH IN HOME HEALTH, 1998 Event Description
HHMD98X 319 AMOUNT PAID,MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHMR98X 311 AMOUNT PAID,MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOF98X 351 AMOUNT PAID,OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOR98X 375 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOT98X 391 AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOU98X 383 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHPV98X 327 AMOUNT PAID,PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHSF98X 303 AMOUNT PAID,FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHSL98X 359 AMOUNT PAID,STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHTC98X 407 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
HHTYPE 73 HOME HEALTH EVENT TYPE Event Description
HHVA98X 335 AMOUNT PAID,VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHWC98X 367 AMOUNT PAID,WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHXP98X 399 SUM OF HHSF98X-HHOT98X (IMPUTED) Event Description
HMEMAKER 91 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOMEMAKER Event Description
HOSPICE 88 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOSPICE WORKER Event Description
HOSPITAL 186 ANY HH CARE SVCE DUE TO HOSPITALIZATION Event Description
HOWOFTEN 251 PROV CAME ONCE PER DAY/MORE THAN ONCE Event Description
HRSLONG 257 HOURS EACH VISIT LASTED Event Description
IVTHP 94 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - IV THERAPIST Event Description
MEDEQUIP 195 PERSON WAS TAUGHT USE OF MED EQUIPMT Event Description
MEDLDOC 97 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - MEDICAL DOCTOR Event Description
MINLONG 265 MINUTES EACH VISIT LASTED Event Description
MPCELIG 67 MPC ELIGIBILITY FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
NONSKILL 127 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NON-SKILLED Event Description
NURAIDE 103 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NURSES AIDE Event Description
NURPRACT 100 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NURSE/PRACTR Event Description
OCCUPTHP 106 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - OCCUP THERAP Event Description
OTHCW 158 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SOME OTHER Event Description
OTHCWOS 161 SPECIFY OTHER TYPE HEALTH CARE WORKER Event Description
OTHRHCW 124 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - OTHER Event Description
OTHSVCE 204 PERSON RECEIVED OTH HOME CARE SERVICES Event Description
OTHSVCOS 207 SPECIFY OTHER HOME CARE SRVCE RECEIVED Event Description
PERSONAL 109 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - PERS CARE ATTDT Event Description
PHYSLTHP 112 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - PHYSICL THERAPY Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RESPTHP 115 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - RESPIRA THERAPY Event Description
SAMESVCE 273 ANY OTH MONS PER RECEIVED SAME SERVICES Event Description
SELFAGEN 70 DOES PROVIDER WORK FOR AGENCY OR SELF Event Description
SKILLED 130 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SKILLED Event Description
SKILLWOS 133 SPECIFY TYPE OF SKILLED WORKER Event Description
SOCIALW 118 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SOCIAL WORKER Event Description
SPEECTHP 121 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
TMSPDAY 254 TIMES/DAY PROVIDER CAME HOME TO HELP Event Description
TREATMT 192 PERSON RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT Event Description
VARPSU98 431 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU 1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 423 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM 1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTRELCN 189 ANY HH CARE SVCE RELATED TO HLTH COND Event Description
WTDPER98 415 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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