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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026FF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026F: 1998 Outpatient Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1998 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 1998. Each record represents one, household-reported, outpatient visit reported during 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.

The Outpatient Visits Public Use Data File consists of 2 event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the outpatient visit and imputed expenditure data such as the date of the visi
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  10472
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026F


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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
HHSFFIDX 31 HOUSEHOLD REPORTED FLAT FEE ID (UNEDTED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
OPCH98H 81 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, CHMP/CHVA(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPCH98M 177 MPC RPTD AMT PD, CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD98H 57 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD98M 153 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR98H 49 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR98M 145 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF98H 89 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF98M 185 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT98H 113 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT98M 209 MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV98H 65 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV98M 161 MPC RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF98H 41 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF98M 137 MPC RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL98H 97 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE/LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL98M 193 MPC RPTD AMT PD, STATE & LOC(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC98H 129 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC98M 217 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPUC98H 121 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTD) Event Description
OPVA98H 73 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPVA98M 169 MPC RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC98H 105 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC98M 201 MPC RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMPU(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU98 233 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 236 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER98 225 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERS LEVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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