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File Attribute Attribute Value
File Name  HC016EF1
File Type  Events
Title  HC-016E: 1997 Emergency Room Visits 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 Emergency Room Visits File provides detailed information on emergency room 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 emergency room utilization and expenditures for calendar year 1997. Each record represents one, household-reported, emergency room visit 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 Emergency Room Visits Public Use Data File consists of two event-level data files. File 1 contains characteristics associated with the emergency room visit, such as, the date of the visit,
Data Year(s)  1997
Records  5975
Population 
Status  Complete
Web Page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-016E


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Name Position Label Category
ANESTH 103 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTH Event Description
DOCOUTF 118 DID P SEE ANY ER DOCTORS OUTSIDE OF ER Event Description
DUID 0 DWELLING UNIT ID Identifiers
DUPERSID 11 PERSON ID (DUID + PID) Identifiers
EEG 97 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE EEG Event Description
EKG 94 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE EKG OR ECG Event Description
ERCCC1X 136 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC2X 139 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERCCC3X 142 MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE Conditions
ERDATEDD 67 EVENT DATE - DAY Event Description
ERDATEMM 64 EVENT DATE - MONTH Event Description
ERDATEYR 61 EVENT DATE - YEAR Event Description
ERDCH97X 364 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMP) Event Description
ERDMD97X 340 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDMR97X 332 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDOF97X 372 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMP) Event Description
ERDOR97X 396 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOT97X 412 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,OTHER INSURANCE (IMP) Event Description
ERDOU97X 404 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMP) Event Description
ERDPV97X 348 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,PRIVATE INSURNCE(IMP) Event Description
ERDSF97X 324 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDSL97X 380 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID,STATE/LOCAL GOVT(IMP) Event Description
ERDTC97X 428 TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDVA97X 356 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERDWC97X 388 DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, WORKER'S COMP (IMP) Event Description
ERDXP97X 420 DOCTOR SUM OF PAYMENTS ERDSF97X-ERDOU97X Event Description
EREXP97X 151 TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP97X + ERDXP97X) Event Description
ERFCH97X 207 FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMD97X 183 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFMR97X 175 FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOF97X 215 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOR97X 239 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOT97X 255 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFOU97X 247 FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFPV97X 191 FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSF97X 167 FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFSL97X 223 FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFTC97X 271 TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFVA97X 199 FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFWC97X 231 FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED) Event Description
ERFXP97X 263 FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF97X-ERFOT97X Event Description
ERHEVIDX 34 ER/HS LINK ID Identifiers
ERICD1X 124 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD2X 127 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERICD3X 130 3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE Conditions
ERPRO1X 133 2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE Event Description
ERTC97X 159 TOT CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC97X + ERDTC97X) Event Description
EVENTRN 31 EVENT ROUND NUMBER Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
EVNTIDX 19 EVENT ID Identifiers
FFEEIDX 46 FLAT FEE ID Identifiers
FFERTYPX 148 ED FLAT FEE STEM-LEAF INDICATOR Flat Fees
IMPERCHG 318 IMPUTATION STATUS OF ERFTC97X Event Description
IMPERFCH 294 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFCH97X Event Description
IMPERFMD 285 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFMD97X Event Description
IMPERFMR 282 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFMR97X Event Description
IMPERFOF 297 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOF97X Event Description
IMPERFOR 306 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOR97X Event Description
IMPERFOT 312 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOT97X Event Description
IMPERFOU 309 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFOU97X Event Description
IMPERFPV 288 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFPV97X Event Description
IMPERFSF 279 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFSF97X Event Description
IMPERFSL 300 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFSL97X Event Description
IMPERFVA 291 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFVA97X Event Description
IMPERFWC 303 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFWC97X Event Description
IMPERFXP 315 IMPUTATION FLAG FOR ERFXP97X Event Description
IMPERNUM 321 # DR RECORDS IMPUTED PER PROVIDER Event Description
LABTEST 79 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS Event Description
MAMMOG 88 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MAMMOGRAM Event Description
MEDPRESC 115 THIS VISIT WERE ANY MEDS PRESCR FOR P Event Description
MPCDATA 58 MPC DATA FLAG Survey Administration and Eligibility Status
MRI 91 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE MRI/CATSCAN Event Description
NUMCOND 145 TOTAL # COND RECORDS LINKED TO THIS EVNT Conditions
OTHSVCE 106 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH TST/EXM Event Description
PID 8 PERSON NUMBER Identifiers
RCVVAC 100 DURING THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE VACS Event Description
SEEDOC 70 DID P SEE MEDICAL DR DURING THIS VISIT Event Description
SONOGRAM 82 DURING VISIT DID P HAVE SONOG/ULTRAS Event Description
SURGNAME 112 SURG PROC NAME IN CATEGORIES Event Description
SURGPROC 109 SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P DURING VISIT Event Description
VAPLACE 121 VA FACILITY FLAG Event Description
VARPSU97 444 VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VARSTR97 447 VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1997 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
VSTCTGRY 73 BEST CATEGORY FOR EROM CARE ON VISIT Event Description
VSTRELCN 76 WAS VISIT RELATED TO SPECIAL HLTH COND Event Description
WTDPER97 436 POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERSON LEVL WGT-97 Sampling Weights and Variance Estimation
XRAYS 85 DURING THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS Event Description

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