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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026BF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026B:1998 Dental 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 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 1998 calendar year. This file consists of 1998 data obtained in 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), 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. The Dental Visits Public Use Data File consists of 2 eve
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  21511
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026B


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Name Position Label Category
ABSCESS 37 ABCESS OR INFECTION TREATMENT Event Description
BRIDGES 41 BRIDGES Event Description
BRIDGESX 40 EDITED BRIDGES Event Description
CLENTETH 20 CLEANING,PROPHYLAXIS, OR POLISHING Event Description
CLENTETX 19 EDITED CLENTETH Event Description
CROWNS 28 CROWNS OR CAPS Event Description
CROWNSX 27 EDITED CROWNS Event Description
DENTHYG 11 DENTAL HYGIENIST SEEN Event Description
DENTINJ 53 VISIT BECAUSE OF ACCIDENT OR INJURY Event Description
DENTMED 54 RECEIVE MEDICINE INCLUDING FREE SAMPLE Event Description
DENTOTHR 52 OTHER SPECIFIED DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTOTHX 51 EDITED DENTOTHR Event Description
DENTPROC 50 OTHER DENTAL PROCEDURES Event Description
DENTPROX 49 EDITED DENTPROC Event Description
DENTSURG 13 DENTAL SURGEON SEEN Event Description
DENTTECH 12 DENTAL TECHNICIAN SEEN Event Description
DENTURES 43 DENTURES OR PARTIAL DENTURES Event Description
DENTUREX 42 EDITED DENTURES Event Description
DENTYPE 17 OTHER DENTAL SPECIALIST SEEN Event Description
DUID 1 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 3 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
DVCH98X 63 AMOUNT PAID,CHAMPUS/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVDATEDD 9 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
DVDATEMM 8 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
DVDATEYR 7 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
DVMD98X 60 AMOUNT PAID,MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVMR98X 59 AMOUNT PAID,MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOF98X 64 AMOUNT PAID,OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOR98X 67 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOT98X 69 AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVOU98X 68 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVPV98X 61 AMOUNT PAID,PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSF98X 58 AMOUNT PAID,FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVSL98X 65 AMOUNT PAID,STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVTC98X 71 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
DVVA98X 62 AMOUNT PAID,VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVWC98X 66 AMOUNT PAID,WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
DVXP98X 70 SUM OF DVSF98X-DVOT98X (IMPUTED) Event Description
ENDODENT 15 ENDODONTIST SEEN Event Description
EVENTRN 5 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 4 EVENT ID Identifiers
EXAMINE 18 GENERAL EXAM OR CONSULTATION Event Description
EXTRACT 35 EXTRACTION, TOOTH PULLED Event Description
FFBEF98 56 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998 Flat Fees
FFDVTYPE 55 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 6 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFTOT99 57 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1998 Flat Fees
FILLING 25 FILLINGS Event Description
FILLINGX 24 EDITED FILLING Event Description
FLUORIDE 22 FLUORIDE TREATMENT Event Description
GENDENT 10 GENERAL DENTIST SEEN Event Description
GUMSURG 32 PERIODONTAL SCALING,ROOT PLANING OR GUM Event Description
GUMSURGX 31 EDITED GUMSURG Event Description
IMPLANT 36 IMPLANTS Event Description
INLAY 26 INLAYS Event Description
JUSTXRAY 21 X-RAYS, RADIOGRAPHS OR BITEWINGS Event Description
ORALSURG 39 ORAL SURGERY Event Description
ORALSURX 38 EDITED ORALSURG Event Description
ORTHDONT 46 ORTHODONTIA, BRACES OR RETAINERS Event Description
ORTHDONX 45 EDITED ORTHDONT Event Description
ORTHODNT 14 ORTHODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PERIODNT 16 PERIODONTIST SEEN Event Description
PID 2 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RECLVIS 34 PERIODONTAL RECALL VISIT Event Description
RECLVISX 33 EDITED RECLVIS Event Description
REPAIR 44 REPAIR OF BRIDGES/DENTURES OR RELINING Event Description
ROOTCANL 30 ROOT CANAL Event Description
ROOTCANX 29 EDITED ROOTCANL Event Description
SEALANT 23 SEALANT APPLICATION Event Description
TMDTMJ 48 TREATMENT FOR TMD OR TMJ Event Description
VARPSU98 74 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 73 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WHITEN 47 BONDING, WHITENING OR BLEACHING Event Description
WTDPER98 72 POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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