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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC010GF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-010G: 1996 Office Based Provider Visits
Description  This public use file is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Office-Based Provider Visits File provides detailed information on office-based 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 provider utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1996. Each record represents one household-reported office-based provider visit reported during Rounds 1, 2, and 3. Office-based provider visits reported in Round 3 and known to have begun after December 31, 1996 are not included on this file.

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, date of the
Data Year(s)  1996
Records  100320
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-010G


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 138 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
CHEMOTH 93 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY Event Description
DOCATLOC 75 ANY MD WORK AT LOCATION WHERE P SAW PROV Event Description
DRUGTRT 105 TREATMENT FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EEG 132 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 129 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF96 204 # VISITS IN FF (ALL EVENTS) BEFORE 1996 Flat Fees
FFID11X 34 FLAT FEE ID Flat Fees
FFOB96 188 # OF MV VISITS IN FLAT FEE - 1996 Flat Fees
FFOB97 212 # OF MV VISITS IN FLAT FEE -1997 THRU R3 Flat Fees
FFOBTYPX 185 ED FLAT FEE STEM-LEAF INDICATOR Flat Fees
FFTOT96 196 # VISITS IN FLAT FEE (ALL EVENTS) - 1996 Flat Fees
FFTOT97 220 # VISITS IN FF (ALL EVENTS)-1997 THRU R3 Flat Fees
IMPOBCHG 376 IMPUTATION STATUS OF OBTC96X Event Description
IMPOBCHM 355 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBCH96X Event Description
IMPOBMCD 346 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBMD96X Event Description
IMPOBMCR 343 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBMR96X Event Description
IMPOBOFD 358 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBOF96X Event Description
IMPOBOPR 367 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBOR96X Event Description
IMPOBOPU 370 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBOU96X Event Description
IMPOBOT 373 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBOT96X Event Description
IMPOBPRV 349 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBPV96X Event Description
IMPOBSLF 340 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBSF96X Event Description
IMPOBSTL 361 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBSL96X Event Description
IMPOBVA 352 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBVA96X Event Description
IMPOBWCP 364 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR OBWC96X Event Description
IVTHER 102 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE IV THERAPY Event Description
KIDNEYD 99 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS Event Description
LABTEST 114 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TEST Event Description
MAMMOG 123 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 150 ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT Event Description
MEDPTYPE 69 TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT Event Description
MPCDATA 48 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MPCELIG 45 MPC ELIGIBILITY FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 126 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
NUMCOND 182 TOTAL # COND RECORDS LINKED TO THIS EVNT Conditions
OBCCC1X 170 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC2X 173 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC3X 176 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC4X 179 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCH96X 268 AMOUNT PAID, CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBDATEDD 57 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
OBDATEMM 54 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
OBDATEYR 51 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
OBICD1X 156 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD2X 159 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD3X 162 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD4X 165 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBMD96X 244 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBMR96X 236 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOF96X 276 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOR96X 300 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOT96X 316 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOU96X 308 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBPRO1X 168 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
OBPV96X 252 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSF96X 228 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSL96X 284 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBTC96X 332 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA96X 260 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBWC96X 292 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBXP96X 324 SUM OF OBSF96X-OBOT96X (IMPUTED) Event Description
OCCUPTH 87 DID P HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Event Description
OTHSVCE 141 OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/EXAMS Event Description
PHYSTH 84 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PSYCHOTH 111 DID P HAVE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING Event Description
RADIATTH 96 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE RADIATION THERAPY Event Description
RCVSHOT 108 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ALLERGY SHOT Event Description
RCVVAC 135 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE VACCINATION Event Description
REFERDBY 63 REFERRED BY ANOTHER PHYSICIAN Event Description
SEEDOC 66 TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL Event Description
SEETLKPV 60 DID P VISIT PROV IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE Event Description
SONOGRAM 117 DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRASOUND Event Description
SPEECHTH 90 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
SURGNAME 147 SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 144 WAS SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON P Event Description
TIMESPNT 72 TIME SPENT WITH DOCTOR/MEDICAL PERSON Event Description
VAPLACE 153 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU96 387 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR96 395 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 78 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P HAVE ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 81 VISIT/PHONE CALL RELATED TO CONDITION Event Description
WTDPER96 379 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
XRAYS 120 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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