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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC033FF1
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
ANESTH 136 DURING THIS VISIT P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
CHEMOTH 91 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY Event Description
DOCOUTF 151 ANY DOCTOR ALSO SEEN OUTSIDE OF PROVIDER Event Description
DRUGTRT 103 THIS VIS DID P HAVE TRT FOR DRUG OR ALCH Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 130 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 127 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
FFBEF99 186 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1999 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 34 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOPTYPE 183 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT00 189 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1999 Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 432 IMPUTATION STATUS Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
IVTHER 100 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE IV THERAPY Event Description
KIDNEYD 97 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS Event Description
LABTEST 112 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TEST Event Description
MAMMOG 121 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 148 ANY MEDICINES PRESCRIBED FOR P DUR VISIT Event Description
MEDPTYPE 70 TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT Event Description
MPCDATA 49 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 124 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OCCUPTH 85 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERA Event Description
OPCCC1X 171 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC2X 174 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC3X 177 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC4X 180 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPDATEDD 58 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
OPDATEMM 55 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
OPDATEYR 52 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
OPDCH99X 360 DOCTOR AMT PD,CHAMP/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDMD99X 336 DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDMR99X 328 DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDOF99X 368 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDOR99X 392 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDOT99X 408 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDOU99X 400 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDPV99X 344 DOCTOR AMT PD,PRIV INSUR(IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDSF99X 320 DOCTOR AMT PD,FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDSL99X 376 DOCTOR AMT PD,STATE/LOC GOV(IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDTC99X 424 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDVA99X 352 DOCTOR AMT PD,VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDWC99X 384 DOCTOR AMT PD,WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDXP99X 416 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS OPDSF99X-OPDOT99X Event Description
OPFCH99X 248 FACILITY AMT PD,CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFMD99X 224 FACILITY AMT PD,MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFMR99X 216 FACILITY AMT PD,MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOF99X 256 FACILITY AMT PD,OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOR99X 280 FACILITY AMT PD,OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOT99X 296 FACILITY AMT PD,OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOU99X 288 FACILITY AMT PD,OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFPV99X 232 FACILITY AMT PD,PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFSF99X 208 FACILITY AMT PD,FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFSL99X 264 FACILITY AMT PD,STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFTC99X 312 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFVA99X 240 FACILITY AMT PD,VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFWC99X 272 FACILITY AMT PD,WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFXP99X 304 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS OPFSF99X-OPFOT99X Event Description
OPICD1X 157 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD2X 160 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD3X 163 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD4X 166 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPPRO1X 169 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
OPR2FLAG 46 FLAG FOR PANEL 3 R2 EVENT IN 1999 Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
OPTC99X 200 TOT CHG FOR EVENT(OPFTC99X + OPDTC99X) Event Description
OPXP99X 192 TOT EXP FOR EVENT(OPFXP99X + OPDXP99X) Event Description
OTHSVCE 139 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTHER TESTS/EXAMS Event Description
PERWT99F 440 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHYSTH 82 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PSYCHOTH 109 DID P HAVE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING Event Description
RADIATTH 94 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE RADIATION THERAPY Event Description
RCVSHOT 106 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE AN ALLERGY SHOT Event Description
RCVVAC 133 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
REFERDBY 64 REFERRED THIS VISIT BY ANOTHER PHYSICIAN Event Description
SEEDOC 67 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL Event Description
SEETLKPV 61 DID P VISIT OP PROVIDER IN PERSON/PHONE Event Description
SONOGRAM 115 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SPEECHTH 88 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
SURGNAME 145 SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 142 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
TIMESPNT 73 TIME P SPENT WITH DOCTOR/MEDICAL PERSON Event Description
VAPLACE 154 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU99 448 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR99 451 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 76 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 79 THIS VISIT/PHONE RELATED TO SPEC. COND Event Description
XRAYS 118 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE XRAYS Event Description

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