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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC110E
File Type  Events
Title  HC-110E 2007 Emergency Room Visits
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS (and SPSS) program statements and in SAS transport format, the Emergency Room Visits File provides detailed information on emergency room 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 emergency room utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2007. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room visit reported during the 2007 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 11, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2007 portion of round 3 for Panel 12 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2007). The Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the emergency room visit, such as, the date of the visit, types of
Data Year(s)  2007
Records  5758
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 24 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
DUID 1 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 3 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 22 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 21 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 34 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
ERCCC2X 35 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
ERCCC3X 36 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
ERDATEDD 11 EVENT DATE - DAY Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
ERDATEMM 12 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 10 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
ERDMD07X 56 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR07X 55 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF07X 60 DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOR07X 63 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOT07X 65 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOU07X 64 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDPV07X 57 DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSF07X 54 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL07X 61 DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDTC07X 67 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDTR07X 59 DOCTOR AMT PD, TRICARE/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA07X 58 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC07X 62 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDXP07X 66 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF07X - ERDOT07X Event Description
ERFMD07X 42 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR07X 41 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF07X 46 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR07X 49 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT07X 51 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU07X 50 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV07X 43 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF07X 40 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL07X 47 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC07X 53 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTR07X 45 FACILITY AMT PD,TRICARE/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA07X 44 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC07X 48 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP07X 52 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF07X-ERFOT07X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 6 EVENT ID FOR CORRESPONDING HOSPITAL STAY Identifiers
ERICD1X 29 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
ERICD2X 30 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
ERICD3X 31 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
ERPRO1X 32 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
ERPRO2X 33 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
ERTC07X 39 TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC07X+ERDTC07X) Event Description
ERXP07X 38 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP07X + ERDXP07X) Event Description
EVENTRN 5 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Event Description
EVNTIDX 4 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 7 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFERTYPE 37 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 68 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
LABTEST 16 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 19 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 27 ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT Event Description
MPCDATA 9 MPC DATA FLAG Event Description
MRI 20 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OTHSVCE 25 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM Event Description
PANEL 8 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PERWT07F 69 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2007 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 2 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 23 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
SEEDOC 13 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 17 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SURGPROC 26 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 28 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU 71 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2007 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 70 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2007 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 14 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 15 THIS VST RELATED TO SPEC CONDITION Event Description
XRAYS 18 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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