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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC118B
File Type  Events
Title  HC-118B 2008 Dental Visit File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2008 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 States during the 2008 calendar year. This file consists of 2008 data obtained in the 2008 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 12, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2008 portion of round 3 for Panel 13 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2008), 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)  2008
Records  26253
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-118B


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Name Position Label Category
ABSCESS 39 ABSCESS OR INFECTION TREATMENT Event Description
BRIDGES 43 BRIDGES Event Description
BRIDGESX 42 EDITED BRIDGES Event Description
CLENTETH 21 CLEANING, PROPHYLAXIS, OR POLISHING Event Description
CLENTETX 20 EDITED CLENTETH Event Description
CROWNS 29 CROWNS OR CAPS Event Description
CROWNSX 28 EDITED CROWNS Event Description
DENTHYG 12 DENTAL HYGIENIST SEEN Event Description
DENTMED 56 RECEIVED MEDICINE INCLUDING FREE SAMPLE Event Description
DENTOTHR 55 OTHER SPECIFIED DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTOTHX 54 EDITED DENTOTHR Event Description
DENTPROC 53 OTHER DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTPROX 52 EDITED DENTPROC Event Description
DENTSURG 14 DENTAL SURGEON SEEN Event Description
DENTTECH 13 DENTAL TECHNICIAN SEEN Event Description
DENTURES 45 DENTURES OR PARTIAL DENTURES Event Description
DENTUREX 44 EDITED DENTURES Event Description
DENTYPE 18 OTHER DENTAL SPECIALIST SEEN Event Description
DUID 1 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 3 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
DVDATEDD 10 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
DVDATEMM 9 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
DVDATEYR 8 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
DVMD08X 62 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVMR08X 61 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOF08X 66 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOR08X 69 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOT08X 71 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOU08X 70 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVPV08X 63 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSF08X 60 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSL08X 67 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVTC08X 73 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
DVTR08X 65 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE(IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVVA08X 64 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVWC08X 68 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVXP08X 72 SUM OF DVSF08X-DVOT08X (IMPUTED) Event Description
ENDODENT 16 ENDODONTIST SEEN Event Description
EVENTRN 6 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Event Description
EVNTIDX 5 EVENT ID Identifiers
EXAMINE 19 GENERAL EXAM OR CONSULTATION Event Description
EXTRACT 36 EXTRACTION, TOOTH PULLED Event Description
FFBEF08 58 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2008 Flat Fees
FFDVTYPE 57 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 7 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFTOT09 59 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2008 Flat Fees
FILLING 26 FILLINGS Event Description
FILLINGX 25 EDITED FILLING Event Description
FLUORIDE 23 FLUORIDE TREATMENT Event Description
GENDENT 11 GENERAL DENTIST SEEN Event Description
GUMSURG 33 PERIODONTAL SCALING, ROOT PLANING OR GUM Event Description
GUMSURGX 32 EDITED GUMSURG Event Description
IMPFLAG 74 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
IMPLANT 38 IMPLANTS Event Description
IMPLANTX 37 EDITED IMPLANT Event Description
INLAY 27 INLAYS Event Description
JUSTXRAY 22 X-RAYS, RADIOGRAPHS OR BITEWINGS Event Description
ORALSURG 41 ORAL SURGERY Event Description
ORALSURX 40 EDITED ORALSURG Event Description
ORTHDONT 48 ORTHODONTIA, BRACES OR RETAINERS Event Description
ORTHDONX 47 EDITED ORTHDONT Event Description
ORTHODNT 15 ORTHODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PANEL 4 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PERIODNT 17 PERIODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PERWT08F 75 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2008 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 2 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RECLVIS 35 PERIODONTAL RECALL VISIT Event Description
RECLVISX 34 EDITED RECLVIS Event Description
REPAIR 46 REPAIR OF BRIDGES/DENTURES OR RELINING Event Description
ROOTCANL 31 ROOT CANAL Event Description
ROOTCANX 30 EDITED ROOTCANL Event Description
SEALANT 24 SEALANT APPLICATION Event Description
TMDTMJ 51 TREATMENT FOR TMD OR TMJ Event Description
VARPSU 77 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2008 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 76 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2008 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WHITEN 50 BONDING, WHITENING, OR BLEACHING Event Description
WHITENX 49 EDITED WHITEN Event Description

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