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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC051A
File Type  Events
Title  HC-051A: 2000 Prescribed Medicines File
Description  This file is one in a series of public use event files from the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS HC) and Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII data file and SAS transport file, this public use file provides detailed information on household-reported prescribed medicines for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of prescribed medicine utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2000. Each record represents one household-reported prescribed medicine that was purchased or obtained during calendar year 2000. These data were collected during the 2000 portion of Round 3 and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 4, as well as Rounds 1, 2 and the 2000 portion of Round 3 for Panel 5 of the MEPS HC. Each record on this event file represents a unique prescribed medicine event; that is, a prescribed medicine reported as being purchased or otherwise obtained by the household respondent,
Data Year(s)  2000
Records  182677
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-051A


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Name Position Label Category
CLMOMFLG 384 CHGE/PYMNT, Rx CLAIM FILING, OMTYPE STAT Event Description
DIABFLG 390 Rx INSULIN OR DIABETIC EQUIPMENT/SUPPLY Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
INPCFLG 387 PID HAS AT LEAST 1 RECORD IN PC Event Description
LINKIDX 34 ID FOR LINKAGE TO COND/OTH EVENT FILES Identifiers
PCIMPFLG 381 TYPE OF HC TO PC PRESCRIPTION MATCH Event Description
PERWT00F 518 FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 2000 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
PHARTP1 357 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 1ST Event Description
PHARTP2 360 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 2ND Event Description
PHARTP3 363 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 3RD Event Description
PHARTP4 366 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 4TH Event Description
PHARTP5 369 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 5TH Event Description
PHARTP6 372 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 6TH Event Description
PHARTP7 375 TYPE OF PHARMACY PROV - 7TH Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
PURCHRD 46 ROUND Rx/PRESCR MED OBTAINED/PURCHASED Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
RXBEGDD 49 DAY PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXBEGMM 52 MONTH PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXBEGYR 55 YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE Event Description
RXCCC1X 405 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Event Description
RXCCC2X 408 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Event Description
RXCCC3X 411 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASS CODE Event Description
RXFLG 378 NDC IMPUTATION SOURCE ON PC DONOR REC Event Description
RXFORM 157 FORM OF Rx/PRESCRIBED MEDICINE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXFRMUNT 207 UNIT OF MEAS FORM Rx/PRESC MED (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXHHNAME 108 HC REPORTED MEDICATION NAME Event Description
RXICD1X 396 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Event Description
RXICD2X 399 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Event Description
RXICD3X 402 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Event Description
RXMD00X 430 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXMR00X 422 AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXNAME 58 MEDICATION NAME (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXNDC 138 NATIONAL DRUG CODE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXOF00X 462 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOR00X 494 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOT00X 486 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXOU00X 502 AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXPV00X 438 AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXQUANTY 149 QUANTITY OF Rx/PRESCR MED (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXRECIDX 19 UNIQUE Rx/PRESCRIBED MEDICINE IDENTIFIER Identifiers
RXSF00X 414 AMOUNT PAID, SELF OR FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXSL00X 470 AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXSTRENG 257 STRENGTH OF Rx/PRESCR MED DOSE (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXSTRUNT 307 UNIT OF MEAS STRENGTH OF Rx (IMPUTED) Event Description
RXTR00X 454 AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXVA00X 446 AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXWC00X 478 AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event-level Expenditures
RXXP00X 510 SUM OF PAYMENTS RXSF00X-RXOU00X(IMPUTED) Event Description
SAMPLE 393 HOUSEHLD RCVD FREE SAMPLE OF Rx IN ROUND Event Description
VARPSU00 534 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2000 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR00 526 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2000 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation

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