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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC026FF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-026F: 1998 Outpatient Visits File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1998 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC) and the Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Outpatient Visits File provides detailed information on outpatient 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 outpatient utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1998. Each record represents one, household-reported, outpatient visit reported during 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.

The Outpatient Visits Public Use Data File consists of 2 event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the outpatient visit and imputed expenditure data such as the date of the visi
Data Year(s)  1998
Records  10472
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-026F


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 135 DURING THIS VISIT P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
CHEMOTH 90 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY Event Description
DOCOUTF 150 ANY DOC/SURG ALSO SEEN OUTSIDE PROVIDER Event Description
DRUGTRT 102 THIS VIS DID P HAVE TRT FOR DRUG OR ALCH Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 129 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 126 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF98 190 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 34 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOPTYPE 182 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT99 198 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1998 Flat Fees
IVTHER 99 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE IV THERAPY Event Description
KIDNEYD 96 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS Event Description
LABTEST 111 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TEST Event Description
MAMMOG 120 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRTAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 147 ANY MEDICINES PRESCRIBED FOR P DUR VISIT Event Description
MEDPTYPE 69 TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT Event Description
MPCDATA 46 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 123 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI Event Description
OCCUPTH 84 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERA Event Description
OPCCC1X 170 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC2X 173 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC3X 176 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPCCC4X 179 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
OPDATEDD 60 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
OPDATEMM 57 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
OPDATEYR 54 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
OPDCH98X 374 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMP) Event Description
OPDMD98X 350 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDMR98X 342 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDOF98X 382 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMP) Event Description
OPDOR98X 406 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMP) Event Description
OPDOT98X 422 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMP) Event Description
OPDOU98X 414 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMP) Event Description
OPDPV98X 358 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,PRIVATE INSURNCE(IMP) Event Description
OPDSF98X 334 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDSL98X 390 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,STATE/LOCAL GOVT(IMP) Event Description
OPDTC98X 438 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDVA98X 366 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPDWC98X 398 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, WORKER'S COMP (IMP) Event Description
OPDXP98X 430 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS OPDSF98X-OPDOT98X Event Description
OPFCH98X 262 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFMD98X 238 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFMR98X 230 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOF98X 270 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOR98X 294 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOT98X 310 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFOU98X 302 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFPV98X 246 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFSF98X 222 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFSL98X 278 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFTC98X 326 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFVA98X 254 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFWC98X 286 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
OPFXP98X 318 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS OPFSF98X-OPFOT98X Event Description
OPICD1X 156 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD2X 159 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD3X 162 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPICD4X 165 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
OPPRO1X 168 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
OPTC98X 214 TOT CHG FOR EVENT (OPFTC98X + OPDTC98X) Event Description
OPXP98X 206 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (OPFXP98X + OPDXP98X) Event Description
OTHSVCE 138 DID P RECEIVE OTH DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/EXAMS Event Description
PHYSTH 81 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PSYCHOTH 108 DID P HAVE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING Event Description
RADIATTH 93 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE RADIATION THERAPY Event Description
RCVSHOT 105 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE AN ALLERGY SHOT Event Description
RCVVAC 132 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
REFERDBY 63 THIS VISIT REFERRED BY ANOTHER PHYSICIAN Event Description
SEEDOC 66 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL Event Description
SONOGRAM 114 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SPEECHTH 87 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
SURGNAME 144 SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 141 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
TIMESPNT 72 TIME P SPENT WITH DOCTOR/MEDICAL PERSON Event Description
VAPLACE 153 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU98 454 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR98 457 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 75 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 78 THIS VST/PHONE CALL RELATED TO SPEC COND Event Description
WTDPER98 446 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERS LEVL WGT 98 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
XRAYS 117 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE XRAYS Event Description

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