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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC010GF2
File Type  Events
Title  HC-010G: 1996 Office Based Provider Visits
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 file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Office-Based Provider Visits File provides detailed information on office-based provider 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 office-based provider utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1996. Each record represents one household-reported office-based provider visit reported during Rounds 1, 2, and 3. Office-based provider visits reported in Round 3 and known to have begun after December 31, 1996 are not included on this file.

The Office-Based Provider Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the office-based visit, such as, date of the
Data Year(s)  1996
Records  100320
Population 
Status  Complete
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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
OBCH96H 82 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTD) Event Description
OBCH96M 178 MPC RPTD AMT PD,CHMP/CHMPVA(UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD96H 58 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMD96M 154 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR96H 50 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBMR96M 146 MPC RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF96H 90 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOF96M 186 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT96H 114 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBOT96M 210 MPC RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV96H 66 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBPV96M 162 MPC RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF96H 42 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSF96M 138 MPC RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL96H 98 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE-LOC(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBSL96M 194 MPC RPTD AMT PD, STATE-LOC (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC96H 130 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTC96M 218 MPC REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBUN96H 122 HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA96H 74 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBVA96M 170 MPC RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC96H 106 HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED) Event Description
OBWC96M 202 MPC RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP (UN-IMPUTED) Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
VARPSU96 234 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR96 242 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER96 226 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJUSTED PERS LEVL WGT Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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