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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC033EF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-033E: 1999 Emergency Room 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 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 1999. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room 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 Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the emergency
Data Year(s)  1999
Records  3835
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-033E


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 375 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
DOCOUTF 390 DID P SEE ANY DOCTORS OUTSIDE PROVIDER Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 256 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 369 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 366 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 312 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC2X 315 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC3X 318 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERDATEDD 339 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
ERDATEMM 336 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 333 EVENT DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT) Event Description
ERDCH99X 176 DOCTOR AMT PD,CHAMP/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED Event Description
ERDMD99X 152 DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICAID(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR99X 144 DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICARE(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF99X 184 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH FEDERAL(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOR99X 208 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PRIV(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOT99X 224 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH INSUR(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOU99X 216 DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PUB(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDPV99X 160 DOCTOR AMT PD,PRIV INSUR(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSF99X 136 DOCTOR AMT PD,FAMILY(INPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL99X 192 DOCTOR AMT PD,STATE/LOC GOV(IMPUTD) Event Description
ERDTC99X 240 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA99X 168 DOCTOR AMT PD,VETERANS(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC99X 200 DOCTOR AMT PD,WORKERS COMP(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDXP99X 232 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF99X-ERDOT99X Event Description
ERFCH99X 64 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMD99X 40 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR99X 32 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF99X 72 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR99X 96 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT99X 112 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU99X 104 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV99X 48 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF99X 24 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL99X 80 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC99X 128 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE(IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA99X 56 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC99X 88 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP99X 120 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF99X-ERFOT99X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 276 ER/HS LINK ID Identifiers
ERICD1X 300 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD2X 303 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD3X 306 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERPRO1X 309 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Conditions
ERR2FLAG 327 FLAG FOR PANEL 3 R2 EVENT IN 1999 Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
ERTC99X 16 TOT CHG FOR EVENT(ERFTC99X + ERDTC99X) Event Description
ERXP99X 8 TOT EXP FOR EVENT(ERFXP99X + ERDXP99X) Event Description
EVENTRN 324 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 264 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 288 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFERTYPE 396 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 399 IMPUTATION STATUS Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
LABTEST 351 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TEST Event Description
MAMMOG 360 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 387 ANY MEDICINES PRESCRIBED FOR P DUR VISIT Event Description
MPCDATA 330 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 363 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OTHSVCE 378 OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST/EXAMS Event Description
PERWT99F 248 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 321 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 372 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE VACCINATION Event Description
SEEDOC 342 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 354 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SURGNAME 384 SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 381 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 393 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU99 402 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU - 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR99 405 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM - 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 345 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 348 VISIT RELATED TO CONDITION Event Description
XRAYS 357 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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