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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026IF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026I: Appendix to MEPS 1998 Event File
Description  This public use release is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). This release contains 2 data files each of which is provided as an ASCII file with SAS programming statements and as a SAS transport file. File 1 is used for linking the MEPS condition file with the MEPS event files; File 2 is used for linking the MEPS prescribed medicines event file with other event files. This release also includes two tables provided as PDF files: Table 1, the "MEPS 1998 Condition-Event Frequency" table contains unweighted and weighted counts of records on the MEPS 1998 event files for each of the condition, procedure and clinical classification codes on the MEPS 1998 condition file; Table 2, the "MEPS 1998 Utilization and Expenditures Summary" table contains statistics for all of the utilization and expenditure variables contained on the MEPS 1998 person-level and event-level files.
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  219144
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026I


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Name Position Label Category
CLNKIDX 32 CLNK ID: CONDIDX+EVNTIDX Identifiers
CONDIDX 8 CONDITION ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 0 PERSON ID: DUID+PID Identifiers
EVENTYPE 56 TYPE OF EVENT CONDITION IS LINKED TO Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 20 EVENT ID Identifiers

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