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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026GF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026G: 1998 Office-Based Medical Provider 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 programming statements and in SAS transport format, the Medical Provider Visits File provides detailed information on offfice-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 1998. Each record represents one household-reported office-based medical provider visit reported during 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).

The Office-Based Provider Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  104740
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026G


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
HHSFFIDX 31 HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
OBCH98H 81 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHPVA(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBCH98M 177 MPC RPTD AMT PD, CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD98H 57 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD98M 153 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR98H 49 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR98M 145 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF98H 89 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF98M 185 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT98H 113 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT98M 209 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV98H 65 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV98M 161 MPC RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF98H 41 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF98M 137 MPC RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL98H 97 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL98M 193 MPC RPTD AMT PD, STATE&LOC (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC98H 129 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC98M 217 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBUC98H 121 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA98H 73 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA98M 169 MPC RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC98H 105 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC98M 201 MPC RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU98 233 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 241 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER98 225 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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