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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC033BF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-033B: 1999 Dental Visits
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Dental Visits File provides detailed information on dental events for a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United Sates during the 1999 calendar year. This file consists of 1999 data obtained in the 1999 portion of round 3 (round 2 for some cases), and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 3, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 1999 portion of round 3 for Panel 4 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 1999), and contains variables pertaining to household reported dental visits. The file includes the date of the dental event, type of provider seen, if the visit was due to an accident, reason for the dental event, and whether or not medicines were prescribed.
Data Year(s)  1999
Records  23169
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-033B


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Name Position Label Category
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 128 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
DVCH99H 48 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHPVA/TRICRE/PRIMP Event Description
DVMD99H 24 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVMR99H 16 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVOF99H 56 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVOT99H 80 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVPV99H 32 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVSF99H 8 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVSL99H 64 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE/LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVTC99H 96 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVUC99H 88 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVVA99H 40 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
DVWC99H 72 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
EVNTIDX 136 EVENT ID Identifiers
HHSFFIDX 148 HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED) Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
PERWT99F 104 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 158 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU99 120 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR99 112 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1999 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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