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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC016DF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-016D:1997 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
Description  This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 1997 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 Hospital Inpatient Stays File provides detailed information on hospital inpatient stays. 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 inpatient hospital stay utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1997. Each record represents one, household-reported, inpatient hospital stay reported during the 1997 portion of round 3, and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 1, as well as rounds 1, 2 and the 1997 portion of round 3 for Panel 2 of the survey.

The Hospital Inpatient Stays Public Use Data File consists of 2 event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the hospital inpatient stay event such
Data Year(s)  1997
Records  3710
Population 
Status  Complete
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Name Position Label Category
ANYOPER 101 ANY OPERATIONS OR SURGERIES PERFORMED Event Description
DROUTSID 146 ANY OF THE DRS SEEN OUTSIDE THE PROVIDER Event Description
DSCHPMED 143 MEDICINES PRESCRIBED AT DISCHARGE Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID+PID) Identifiers
EMERROOM 87 DID STAY BEGIN WITH EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT Event Description
ERHEVIDX 34 ER/HS LINK ID Identifiers
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 46 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFIPTYPE 154 FLAT FEE BUNDLE Flat Fees
IMPIPCHG 433 IMPUTATION STATUS OF IPFTC97X Event Description
IMPIPFCH 412 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFCH97X Event Description
IMPIPFMD 403 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFMD97X Event Description
IMPIPFMR 400 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFMR97X Event Description
IMPIPFOF 415 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFOF97X Event Description
IMPIPFOR 424 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFOR97X Event Description
IMPIPFOT 430 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFOT97X Event Description
IMPIPFOU 427 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFOU97X Event Description
IMPIPFPV 406 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFPV97X Event Description
IMPIPFSF 397 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFSF97X Event Description
IMPIPFSL 418 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFSL97X Event Description
IMPIPFVA 409 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFVA97X Event Description
IMPIPFWC 421 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR IPFWC97X Event Description
IMPIPNUM 436 #DR RECORDS IMPUTED PER PROVIDER Event Description
IPBEGDD 68 EVENT START DATE - DAY Event Description
IPBEGMM 65 EVENT START DATE - MONTH Event Description
IPBEGYR 61 EVENT START DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT) Event Description
IPCCC1X 128 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
IPCCC2X 131 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
IPCCC3X 134 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
IPCCC4X 137 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
IPDCH97X 325 DOCTOR AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDMD97X 301 DOCTOR AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDMR97X 293 DOCTOR AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDOF97X 333 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDOR97X 357 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDOT97X 373 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDOU97X 365 DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDPV97X 309 DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDSF97X 285 DOCTOR AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDSL97X 341 DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDTC97X 389 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE(IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDVA97X 317 DOCTOR AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDWC97X 349 DOCTOR AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPDXP97X 381 DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS IPFSF97X-IPFOT97X Event Description
IPENDDD 78 EVENT END DATE - DAY Event Description
IPENDMM 75 EVENT END DATE - MONTH Event Description
IPENDYR 71 EVENT END DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT) Event Description
IPEXP97X 157 TOT EXP FOR EVENT(IPFXP97X+IPDXP97X) Event Description
IPFCH97X 213 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFMD97X 189 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFMR97X 181 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFOF97X 221 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFOR97X 245 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFOT97X 261 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFOU97X 253 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFPV97X 197 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFSF97X 173 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFSL97X 229 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFTC97X 277 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE(IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFVA97X 205 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFWC97X 237 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
IPFXP97X 269 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS IPFSF97X-IPFOT97X Event Description
IPICD1X 110 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
IPICD2X 113 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
IPICD3X 116 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
IPICD4X 119 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
IPPRO1X 122 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
IPPRO2X 125 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
IPTC97X 165 TOT CHG FOR EVENT(IPFTC97X+IPDTC97X) Event Description
MPCDATA 58 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
NUMCOND 140 TOTAL # COND RECORDS LINKED TO THIS EVNT Conditions
NUMNIGHT 84 NUMBER OF NIGHTS STAYED AT PROVIDER Event Description
NUMNIGHX 81 # NGTS IN HOSP-1997 DISCHARGES IMPUTED Event Description
PID 8 NUMERIC PID Identifiers
RSNINHOS 98 REASON ENTERED HOSPITAL Event Description
SPECCOND 90 HOSPITAL STAY RELATED TO CONDITION Event Description
SURGPROC 104 MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE Event Description
VAPLACE 107 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU97 447 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR97 455 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
WTDPER97 439 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERSON LEVL WGT-97 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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