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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC067E
File Type  Events
Title  HC-067E: 2002 Emergency Room Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC) and the Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS (and SPSS) program statements and in SAS transport format, the Emergency Room Visits File provides detailed information on emergency room 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 emergency room utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2002. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room visit reported during the 2002 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 6, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2002 portion of round 3 for Panel 7 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2002). The Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the emergency room visit, su
Data Year(s)  2002
Records  7858
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-067E


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 136 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 456 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 120 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 112 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 511 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC2X 514 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC3X 517 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERDATEDD 40 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
ERDATEMM 32 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 24 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
ERDMD02X 328 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR02X 320 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF02X 360 DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOR02X 384 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOT02X 400 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOU02X 392 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDPV02X 336 DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSF02X 312 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL02X 368 DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDTC02X 416 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDTR02X 352 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA02X 344 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC02X 376 DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDXP02X 408 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF02X - ERDOT02X Event Description
ERFMD02X 216 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR02X 208 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF02X 248 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR02X 272 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT02X 288 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU02X 280 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV02X 224 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF02X 200 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL02X 256 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC02X 304 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTR02X 240 FACILITY AMT PD, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA02X 232 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC02X 264 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP02X 296 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF02X-ERFOT02X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 476 EVENT ID FOR CORRESPONDING HOSPITAL STAY Identifiers
ERICD1X 500 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD2X 503 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD3X 506 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERPRO1X 509 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Conditions
ERTC02X 192 TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC02X+ERDTC02X) Event Description
ERXP02X 184 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP02X + ERDXP02X) Event Description
EVENTRN 8 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 464 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 488 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFERTYPE 176 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 424 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
LABTEST 72 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 96 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 160 ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT Event Description
MPCDATA 16 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 104 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OTHSVCE 144 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM Event Description
PERWT02F 432 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PID 520 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 128 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
SEEDOC 48 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 80 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SURGPROC 152 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 168 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU 448 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 440 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 56 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 64 THIS VST RELATED TO SPEC CONDITION Event Description
XRAYS 88 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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