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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC010EF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-010E: 1996 Emergency Room Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1996 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 1996. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room visit reported during Rounds 1, 2, and 3. Emergency room visits reported in Round 3 and known to have begun after December 31, 1996 are not included on this file.

The Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the emergency room visit, such as, the date of the visit,
Data Year(s)  1996
Records  3899
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-010E


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 102 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTH Event Description
DOCOUTF 117 DID P SEE ANY ER DOCTORS OUTSIDE OF ER Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 96 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE EEG Event Description
EKG 93 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 140 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC2X 143 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC3X 146 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERDATEDD 66 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
ERDATEMM 63 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 60 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
ERDCH96X 361 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMP) Event Description
ERDMD96X 337 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR96X 329 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF96X 369 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMP) Event Description
ERDOR96X 393 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOT96X 409 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOU96X 401 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMP) Event Description
ERDPV96X 345 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,PRIVATE INSURNCE(IMP) Event Description
ERDSF96X 321 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL96X 377 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,STATE/LOCAL GOVT(IMP) Event Description
ERDTC96X 425 DOCTOR TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA96X 353 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC96X 385 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, WORKER'S COMP (IMP) Event Description
ERDXP96X 417 DOCTOR SUM OF PAYMENTS ERDSF96X-ERDOT96X Event Description
EREXP96X 166 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP96X + ERDXP96X) Event Description
ERFCH96X 212 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMD96X 194 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR96X 188 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF96X 218 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR96X 236 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT96X 252 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU96X 244 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV96X 200 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF96X 182 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL96X 224 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC96X 266 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA96X 206 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC96X 230 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP96X 258 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF96X-ERFOT96X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 34 ER/HS LINK ID Identifiers
ERICD1X 128 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD2X 131 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD3X 134 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERPRO1X 137 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
ERTC96X 174 TOT CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC96X + ERDTC96X) Event Description
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFER96 160 # OF ER VISITS IN FLAT FFEE - 1996 Flat Fees
FFERTYPX 152 ED FLAT FEE STEM-LEAF INDICATOR Flat Fees
FFID11X 46 FLAT FEE ID Flat Fees
FFTOT96 163 # VISITS IN FLAT FEE (ALL EVENTS) - 1996 Flat Fees
IMPERCHG 310 IMPUTATION STATUS OF ERFTC96X Event Description
IMPERFCH 289 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFCH96X Event Description
IMPERFMD 280 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFMD96X Event Description
IMPERFMR 277 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFMR96X Event Description
IMPERFOF 292 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOF96X Event Description
IMPERFOR 301 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOR96X Event Description
IMPERFOT 307 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOT96X Event Description
IMPERFOU 304 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR EROPU96X Event Description
IMPERFPV 283 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFPV96X Event Description
IMPERFSF 274 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFSF96X Event Description
IMPERFSL 295 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFSL96X Event Description
IMPERFVA 286 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFVA96X Event Description
IMPERFWC 298 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFWC96X Event Description
IMPERNUM 313 # DR RECORDS IMPUTED PER FACIL PROVIDER Event Description
LABTEST 78 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 87 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 114 THIS VISIT WERE ANY MEDS PRESCR FOR P Event Description
MPCDATA 57 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 90 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
NUMCOND 149 TOTAL # COND RECORDS LINKED TO THIS EVNT Conditions
OTHSVCE 105 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH TST/EXM Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 99 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE VACS Event Description
SEEDOC 69 DID P SEE MEDICAL DR DURING THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 81 DURING VISIT DID P HAVE SONOG/ULTRAS Event Description
SURGNAME 111 SURG PROC NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 108 SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P DURING VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 125 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU96 441 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR96 444 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 72 BEST CATEGORY FOR EROM CARE ON VISIT Event Description
VSTRELCN 75 WAS VISIT RELATED TO SPECIAL HLTH COND Event Description
WTDPER96 433 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
XRAYS 84 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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