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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC067H
File Type  Events
Title  HC-067H: 2002 Home Health File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Household-reported information on expenditures for home health visits including the type of provider, type of services received, length of the visit, reason for the visit, expenditures, and sources of payment. Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on home health care for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of the utilization and expenditures associated with home health care during the 2002 calendar year. This file consists of 2002 data obtained in 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
Data Year(s)  2002
Records  5494
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-067H


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Name Position Label Category
CNA 40 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - CERT NURSE ASST Event Description
COMPANN 48 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - COMPANION Event Description
COMPANY 240 PERSON RECEIVED COMPANIONSHIP SERVICES Event Description
DAILYACT 232 PERSON WAS HELPED WITH DAILY ACTIVITIES Event Description
DAYSPMO 272 # DAYS / MTH PROVIDER CAME (AGENCY ONLY) Event Description
DAYSPWK 264 # DAYS / WK PROVIDER CAME (AGENCY ONLY) Event Description
DIETICN 56 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - DIETITIAN/NUTRT Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 472 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EVENTRN 570 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 480 EVENT ID Identifiers
FREQCY 256 PROVIDER HELPED EVERY WEEK/SOME WEEKS Event Description
HHAIDE 64 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOME CARE AIDE Event Description
HHDATEMM 16 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
HHDATEYR 8 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
HHDAYS 320 DAYS PER MONTH IN HOME HEALTH, 2002 Event Description
HHMD02X 344 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHMR02X 336 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOF02X 376 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOR02X 400 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOT02X 416 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHOU02X 408 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHPV02X 352 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHSF02X 328 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHSL02X 384 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHTC02X 432 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
HHTR02X 368 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHTYPE 32 HOME HEALTH EVENT TYPE Event Description
HHVA02X 360 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHWC02X 392 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
HHXP02X 424 SUM OF HHSF02X - HHOT02X (IMPUTED) Event Description
HMEMAKER 80 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOMEMAKER Event Description
HOSPICE 72 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - HOSPICE WORKER Event Description
HOSPITAL 200 ANY HH CARE SVCE DUE TO HOSPITALIZATION Event Description
HOWOFTEN 280 PROV CAME ONCE PER DAY/MORE THAN ONCE Event Description
HRSLONG 296 HOURS EACH VISIT LASTED Event Description
IMPFLAG 440 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
IVTHP 88 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - IV THERAPIST Event Description
MEDEQUIP 224 PERSON WAS TAUGHT USE OF MED EQUIPMENT Event Description
MEDLDOC 96 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - MEDICAL DOCTOR Event Description
MINLONG 304 MINUTES EACH VISIT LASTED Event Description
MPCELIG 573 MPC ELIGIBILITY FLAG Event Description
NONSKILL 176 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NON-SKILLED Event Description
NURAIDE 112 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NURSE'S AIDE Event Description
NURPRACT 104 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - NURSE/PRACTR Event Description
OCCUPTHP 120 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - OCCUP THERAP Event Description
OTHCW 192 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SOME OTHER Event Description
OTHCWOS 517 SPECIFY OTHER TYPE HEALTH CARE WORKER Event Description
OTHRHCW 168 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - OTHER Event Description
OTHSVCE 248 PERSON RECEIVED OTH HOME CARE SERVICES Event Description
OTHSVCOS 542 SPECIFY OTHER HOME CARE SRVCE RECEIVED Event Description
PERSONAL 128 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - PERS CARE ATTDT Event Description
PERWT02F 448 EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHYSLTHP 136 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - PHYSICL THERAPY Event Description
PID 567 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RESPTHP 144 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - RESPIRA THERAPY Event Description
SAMESVCE 312 ANY OTH MONS PER RECEIVED SAME SERVICES Event Description
SELFAGEN 24 DOES PROVIDER WORK FOR AGENCY OR SELF Event Description
SKILLED 184 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SKILLED Event Description
SKILLWOS 492 SPECIFY TYPE OF SKILLED WORKER Event Description
SOCIALW 152 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SOCIAL WORKER Event Description
SPEECTHP 160 TYPE OF HLTH CARE WRKR - SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
TMSPDAY 288 TIMES/DAY PROVIDER CAME HOME TO HELP Event Description
TREATMT 216 PERSON RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT Event Description
VARPSU 464 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR 456 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2002 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTRELCN 208 ANY HH CARE SVCE RELATED TO HLTH COND Event Description

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