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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC010FF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-010F: 1996 Outpatient Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). Released as an ASCII data file and SAS transport file, the Outpatient Visits File provides detailed information on outpatient visits for a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of outpatient utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1996. Each record on the file represents one household-reported outpatient visit reported during Rounds 1, 2, and 3. Outpatient visits that were reported in Round 3 and were known to have begun after December 31, 1996 are not included on this file.

The Outpatient Visits Public Use Data File consists of 2 event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the outpatient visit and imputed expenditure data such as the date of the visit, whether or not a doctor was seen, type of ca
Data Year(s)  1996
Records  9957
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-010F


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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
OPCH96H 82 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTD) Event Description
OPCH96M 170 MPC RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD96H 58 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMD96M 146 MPC RPTD AMT PD,MEDICAID(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR96H 50 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPMR96M 138 MPC RPTD AMT PD,MEDICARE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF96H 90 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOF96M 178 MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTHER FED(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT96H 114 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPOT96M 202 MPC RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV96H 66 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPPV96M 154 MPC RPTD AMT PD,PRIV INS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF96H 42 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSF96M 130 MPC RPTD AMT PD,FAMILY(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL96H 98 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,STATE&LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPSL96M 186 MPC RPTD AMT PD,STATE & LOC(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC96H 122 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPTC96M 210 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPVA96H 74 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPVA96M 162 MPC RPTD AMT PD,VETERANS(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC96H 106 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OPWC96M 194 MPC RPTD AMT PD,WORK COMP(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU96 226 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR96 229 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER96 218 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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