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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026BF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026B:1998 Dental Visits File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Dental Visits File provides detailed information on dental events for a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United Sates during the 1998 calendar year. This file consists of 1998 data obtained in 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 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 1998), and contains variables pertaining to household reported dental visits. The file includes the date of the dental event, type of provider seen, if the visit was due to an accident, reason for the dental event, and whether or not medicines were prescribed. The Dental Visits Public Use Data File consists of 2 eve
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  21511
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026B


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
DVCH98H 81 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHPVA(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVMD98H 57 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVMR98H 49 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVOF98H 89 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVOT98H 113 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVPV98H 65 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVSF98H 41 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVSL98H 97 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE/LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVTC98H 129 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVUC98H 121 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVVA98H 73 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVWC98H 105 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
HHSFFIDX 31 HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU98 153 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 145 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER98 137 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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