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File Name  HC047F3
File Type  Person-Round-Plan
Title  HC-047: 1997-2000 Person Round Plan Files
Description  This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the 1997-2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains four Person Round Plan (PRPL) files, one for each year 1997 (File 1) through 2000 (File 4). Each of the PRPL files contains records for persons insured through establishments providing hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, or long-term care coverage and includes variables pertaining to managed care and satisfaction with plan coverage. These are designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. Released as ASCII files with SAS programming statements, and in SAS Transport format, the PRPL files are not person-level files and linking a PRPL file to a MEPS full year person-level file (e.g., HC-038 for year 2000) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file.
Data Year(s)  2000
Records  54736
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
APPT 382 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST APPT? Insurance
BYEMPL 330 EMPLOYER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYFED 298 FEDERAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYLOCAL 314 LOCAL GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYOTHER 346 OTHER PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSOMGOV 322 SOME GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYSTATE 306 STATE GOVT PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
BYUNION 338 UNION PAID FOR PRIV PLAN PREMIUM Insurance
CHANPROV 390 DID HAVE TO CHANGE PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER Insurance
CMJINS 108 CMJ AS THE SOURCE OF PLAN: 1 YES, 2 NO Insurance
COBRA 268 COBRA COVERAGE: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
COSTQUAL 398 IMPORTANCE COST/QUALITY IN CHOOSING PLAN Insurance
COVTYPIN 271 COVERAGE @INTVW: 1=SINGLE, 2=FAMILY Insurance
CUSTSERV 406 HAS CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE/ADMIN OFFICE Insurance
DECPHLDR 205 DECEASED POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
DENTLINS 236 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: DENTAL Insurance
DEPNDNT 122 DEPENDENT OF POLICY HOLDER Insurance
DIFFREF 414 HOW DIFFICULT TO GET SPECIALIST REFERRAL Insurance
DRLIST 360 DOES PLAN HAVE A BOOK/LIST OF DOCTORS? Insurance
DUPERSID 28 PERSON CVRD BY POLCYHLDR-ESTABLISHMENT Identifiers
EMPLSTAT 111 POLICYHOLDER EMPLOYMENT STATUS Insurance
EPCPIDX 0 EPRSIDX + RN + DUPERSID Identifiers
EPRSIDX 55 ESTABLISHMENT ID + POLICYHOLDER ID Identifiers
ESTBIDX 44 ESTABLISHMENT ID Identifiers
EVALCOVR 125 COVERED @ INTERVIEW DATE OR 12/31 Insurance
HOSPINSX 230 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: HOSPITAL/HMO (EDITED) Insurance
JOBSIDX 80 JOBSIDX Identifiers
JOBSINFR 91 JOBSIDX INFERRED RATHER THAN REPORTED ID Insurance
LTCINS 252 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: LTC-NURSING HOME Insurance
MSUPINSX 233 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: MEDIGAP (EDITED) Insurance
NAMECHNG 371 HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN PLAN NAME Insurance
NOPUFLG 211 PHLDR NOT IN HC013 OR HC038, OTH REASON Insurance
OOPELIG 279 FLAG: POLICYHOLDER ESTB HAS PREMIUM Insurance
OOPPREM 282 MONTHLY OUT-OF-POCKET PREMIUM, R1 (ED) Insurance
OUTPHLDR 208 OUT-OF-RU POLICYHOLDER FLAG: 1 YES,2 NO Insurance
PAIDLESS 422 HAS PLAN PAID LESS THAN EXPECTED? Insurance
PANEL 74 PANEL NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PHLDRIDX 36 POLICY HOLDER'S DUPERSID Identifiers
PHOLDER 119 POLICY HOLDER Insurance
PLANREF 430 PLAN REFUSED TO PAY FOR OR APPROVE CARE Insurance
PLANSAT 438 SATISFACTION WITH INSURANCE PLAN Insurance
PMEDINS 260 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: PRESCRIPTION DRUG Insurance
PREMLEVX 290 EDITED PREMLEVL Insurance
PRIVCAT 222 CATEGORY OF PRIVATE COVERAGE Insurance
PUF13FLG 94 1=IN HC013, ELSE 0 Insurance
PUF38FLG 97 1=IN HC038, ELSE 0 Insurance
R2FLAG 100 FLAG:PERSON IS IN P3R2 RU W/INTV IN 1999 Insurance
RECPLAN 446 LIKELY TO RECOMMEND PLAN? Insurance
RN 77 ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
SATAMT 454 SATISFIED WITH AMOUNT PAID Insurance
SATCHOIC 462 HOW SATISFIED WITH CHOICE OF PROVIDER Insurance
SATCOVH 470 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOSPITALIZATION? Insurance
SATCOVMH 478 HOW SATISFIED WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE Insurance
SATCOVP 486 HOW SATISFIED W/ PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE? Insurance
SATCOVPM 494 HOW SATISFIED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDS? Insurance
SATCS 502 HOW SATISFIED WITH HOW CALL HANDLED Insurance
SATELIG 379 ELIG. FOR SATIS. PLAN QUEST: 1=YES, 2=NO Insurance
SATPAPER 510 SATISFIED W/ AMOUNT/DIFFICULTY PAPERWORK Insurance
STATUS1 133 STATUS - MONTH 1 Insurance
STATUS10 160 STATUS - MONTH 10 Insurance
STATUS11 163 STATUS - MONTH 11 Insurance
STATUS12 166 STATUS - MONTH 12 Insurance
STATUS13 169 STATUS - MONTH 13 Insurance
STATUS14 172 STATUS - MONTH 14 Insurance
STATUS15 175 STATUS - MONTH 15 Insurance
STATUS16 178 STATUS - MONTH 16 Insurance
STATUS17 181 STATUS - MONTH 17 Insurance
STATUS18 184 STATUS - MONTH 18 Insurance
STATUS19 187 STATUS - MONTH 19 Insurance
STATUS2 136 STATUS - MONTH 2 Insurance
STATUS20 190 STATUS - MONTH 20 Insurance
STATUS21 193 STATUS - MONTH 21 Insurance
STATUS22 196 STATUS - MONTH 22 Insurance
STATUS23 199 STATUS - MONTH 23 Insurance
STATUS24 202 STATUS - MONTH 24 Insurance
STATUS3 139 STATUS - MONTH 3 Insurance
STATUS4 142 STATUS - MONTH 4 Insurance
STATUS5 145 STATUS - MONTH 5 Insurance
STATUS6 148 STATUS - MONTH 6 Insurance
STATUS7 151 STATUS - MONTH 7 Insurance
STATUS8 154 STATUS - MONTH 8 Insurance
STATUS9 157 STATUS - MONTH 9 Insurance
TYPEFLAG 214 TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT Insurance
UPRHMO 354 HMO COVERAGE (FROM PRPL) Insurance
UPRMNC 357 PLAN REQRD COVRD PERS USE GATEKEEPER Insurance
VISIONIN 244 TYPE OF HI GOTTEN: VISION Insurance
VISITPYX 368 PLAN PAY NON-HMO, NON-REFER DR VISIT(ED) Insurance

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