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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC085G
File Type  Events
Title  HC-085G: 2004 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2004 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 Medical Provider Visits File provides detailed information on office-based medical provider 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 office-based medical provider utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2004. Each record represents one household-reported office-based medical provider visit reported during the 2004 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 8, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2004 portion of round 3 for Panel 9 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2004). The Office-Based Provider Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the office-bas
Data Year(s)  2004
Records  157536
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-085G


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 240 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
CHEMOTH 120 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY Event Description
DOCATLOC 72 ANY MD WORK AT LOCATION WHERE P SAW PROV Event Description
DRSPLTY 56 MVIS DOCTOR'S SPECIALTY Event Description
DRUGTRT 152 THIS VIS DID P HAVE TRT FOR DRUG/ALCOHOL Event Description
DUID 448 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 462 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 224 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 216 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
EVENTRN 0 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 470 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF04 432 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2004 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 482 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOBTYPE 280 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT05 440 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2004 Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 400 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
IVTHER 144 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE IV THERAPY Event Description
KIDNEYD 136 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS Event Description
LABTEST 176 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 200 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 264 ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT Event Description
MEDPTYPE 64 TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT Event Description
MPCDATA 459 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MPCELIG 456 MPC ELIGIBILITY FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 208 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
MVPLACE 40 KIND OF PLACE PATIENT SAW MV PROVIDER Event Description
OBCCC1X 512 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC2X 515 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC3X 518 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBCCC4X 521 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OBDATEDD 24 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
OBDATEMM 16 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
OBDATEYR 8 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
OBICD1X 494 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD2X 497 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD3X 500 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBICD4X 503 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
OBMD04X 304 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBMR04X 296 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOF04X 336 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOR04X 360 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOT04X 376 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOU04X 368 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBPRO1X 506 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Conditions
OBPRO2X 508 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Conditions
OBPRO3X 510 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Conditions
OBPV04X 312 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSF04X 288 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSL04X 344 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBTC04X 392 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTR04X 328 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBVA04X 320 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBWC04X 352 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBXP04X 384 SUM OF OBSF04X - OBOT04X (IMPUTED) Event Description
OCCUPTH 104 THIS VIS DID P HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Event Description
OTHSVCE 248 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM Event Description
PERWT04F 408 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHYSTH 96 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY Event Description
PID 453 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PSYCHOTH 168 DID P HAVE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING Event Description
RADIATTH 128 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE RADIATION THERAPY Event Description
RCVSHOT 160 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE AN ALLERGY SHOT Event Description
RCVVAC 232 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
SEEDOC 48 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL Event Description
SEETLKPV 32 DID P VISIT PROV IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE Event Description
SONOGRAM 184 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SPEECHTH 112 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
SURGPROC 256 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 272 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU 424 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 416 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2004 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 80 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 88 THIS VST/PHONE CALL RELATED TO SPEC COND Event Description
XRAYS 192 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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