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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC033FF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-033F: 1999 Outpatient Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC) and the Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Outpatient Visits File provides detailed information on outpatient 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 outpatient utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1999. Each record represents one, household-reported, outpatient visit reported during the 1999 portion of round 3 (round 2 for some cases), and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 3, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 1999 portion of round 3 for Panel 4 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 1999). The Outpatient Visits Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the outpatient visit and imputed e
Data Year(s)  1999
Records  9565
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-033F


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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
EVPVID 231 EVPV ID KEY: EVNTID + PROVID
HHSFFIDX 31 HOUSEHOLD REPORTED FLAT FEE ID (UNEDTED) Event Description
OPCH99H 81 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTD) Event Description
OPCH99M 169 MPC RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD99H 57 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD99M 145 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR99H 49 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR99M 137 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF99H 89 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF99M 177 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT99H 113 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT99M 201 MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV99H 65 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV99M 153 MPC RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF99H 41 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF99M 129 MPC RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL99H 97 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL99M 185 MPC RPTD AMT PD, STATE & LOC(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC99H 121 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC99M 209 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPVA99H 73 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPVA99M 161 MPC RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC99H 105 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC99M 193 MPC RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMPU(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PERWT99F 217 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU99 225 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR99 228 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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