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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC059G
File Type  Events
Title  HC-059G: 2001 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
Description  This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS (and SPSS) program statements and in SAS transport format, the Medical Provider Visits File provides detailed information on office-based medical 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 medical provider utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2001. Each record represents one household-reported office-based medical provider visit reported during the 2001 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 5, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2001 portion of round 3 for Panel 6 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2001). The Office-Based Provider Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the office-bas
Data Year(s)  2001
Records  147490
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 232 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA Event Description
CHEMOTH 112 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE CHEMOTHERAPY Event Description
DOCATLOC 64 ANY MD WORK AT LOCATION WHERE P SAW PROV Event Description
DRUGTRT 144 THIS VIS DID P HAVE TRT FOR DRUG/ALCOHOL Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 440 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 216 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG Event Description
EKG 208 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG Event Description
EVENTRN 501 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 448 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFBEF01 280 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2001 Flat Fees
FFEEIDX 460 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFOBTYPE 272 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
FFTOT02 288 TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2001 Flat Fees
IMPFLAG 408 IMPUTATION STATUS Event Description
IVTHER 136 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE IV THERAPY Event Description
KIDNEYD 128 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE KIDNEY DIALYSIS Event Description
LABTEST 168 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 192 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 256 ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT Event Description
MEDPTYPE 56 TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT Event Description
MPCDATA 8 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MPCELIG 504 MPC ELIGIBILITY FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 200 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
OBCCC1X 486 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
OBCCC2X 489 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
OBCCC3X 492 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
OBCCC4X 495 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Event Description
OBDATEDD 32 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
OBDATEMM 24 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
OBDATEYR 16 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
OBICD1X 472 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
OBICD2X 475 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
OBICD3X 478 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
OBICD4X 481 3-DIGIT ICD-9-CM CONDITION CODE Event Description
OBMD01X 312 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBMR01X 304 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOF01X 344 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOR01X 368 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOT01X 384 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBOU01X 376 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBPRO1X 484 2-DIGIT ICD-9-CM PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
OBPV01X 320 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSF01X 296 AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBSL01X 352 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBTC01X 400 HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
OBTR01X 336 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBVA01X 328 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBWC01X 360 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
OBXP01X 392 SUM OF OBSF01X - OBOT01X (IMPUTED) Event Description
OCCUPTH 96 THIS VIS DID P HAVE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Event Description
OTHSVCE 240 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM Event Description
PERWT01F 416 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 2001 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHYSTH 88 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY Event Description
PID 498 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PSYCHOTH 160 DID P HAVE PSYCHOTHERAPY/COUNSELING Event Description
RADIATTH 120 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE RADIATION THERAPY Event Description
RCVSHOT 152 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE AN ALLERGY SHOT Event Description
RCVVAC 224 THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION Event Description
SEEDOC 48 DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL Event Description
SEETLKPV 40 DID P VISIT PROV IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE Event Description
SONOGRAM 176 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD Event Description
SPEECHTH 104 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SPEECH THERAPY Event Description
SURGPROC 248 WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 264 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU01 432 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2001 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR01 424 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2001 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 72 BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT Event Description
VSTRELCN 80 THIS VST/PHONE CALL RELATED TO SPEC COND Event Description
XRAYS 184 THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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