/*****************************************************************************/ /* SPSS User Files are being provided for the convenience of analysts who */ /* may wish to use SPSS to analyze the MEPS data. However, users are */ /* cautioned that SPSS does not currently have the capability to produce */ /* appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex */ /* sample design like the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The */ /* annual national probability sample of households selected for the MEPS */ /* is a subsample of those participating in the National Health Interview */ /* Survey (NHIS) for the previous calendar year. The NHIS, an ongoing */ /* general health survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population, */ /* is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for */ /* Disease Control and Prevention. The NHIS sample design, and thus that */ /* of the MEPS, uses complex sampling techniques including */ /* stratification, clustering, and differential sampling rates for the */ /* oversampling of selected subgroups of the population. Because of this */ /* sampling structure, software that accounts for this complex sample */ /* design must be used. Without the use of appropriate software that */ /* accounts for the complex sample design of the MEPS in conjunction with */ /* the survey's sampling weights (reflecting the survey's sample */ /* selection probabilities and nonresponse and other adjustments), the */ /* estimated standard errors of survey point estimates will generally be */ /* underestimated, and, thus, the inferential conclusions in an analysis */ /* (descriptive or analytical) may be misleading. It is recommended that */ /* sample survey software be used to analyze the MEPS data. Software for */ /* analysis of complex survey data include, for example, SUDAAN (Research */ /* Triangle Institute), STATA (Stata Corporation), VPLX (U.S. Bureau of */ /* the Census), and WESVAR (Westat, Inc.). A more comprehensive summary */ /* of software for the analysis of data from surveys with complex sample */ /* designs can be accessed through the website for the American */ /* Statistical Association's Survey Research Methods Section. Users may */ /* also reference the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) */ /* web document "Computing Standard Errors for Medical Expenditure Panel */ /* Survey (MEPS) Estimates." */ /*****************************************************************************/ FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="HC10BF2.DAT" /LRECL=131. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) HHSFFIDX 29-39 (A) DVSF96H 40-46 (2) DVMR96H 47-52 (2) DVMD96H 53-57 (2) DVPV96H 58-64 (2) DVVA96H 65-69 (2) DVCH96H 70-75 (2) DVOF96H 76-81 (2) DVSL96H 82-88 (2) DVWC96H 89-93 (2) DVOT96H 94-100 (2) DVUC96H 101-106 (2) DVTC96H 107-114 (2) WTDPER96 115-126 (6) VARPSU96 127-128 VARSTR96 129-131 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID+PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' HHSFFIDX 'HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED)' DVSF96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVMR96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVMD96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVPV96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVVA96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVCH96H 'HHLD RPTD AMTPD,CHMP/CHMPVA(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVOF96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVSL96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,STATE & LOC(PRE-IMPUTD)' DVWC96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVOT96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVUC96H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD,UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED)' DVTC96H 'HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED)' WTDPER96 'POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERS WEIGHT, 1996' VARPSU96 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1996' VARSTR96 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1996' . VALUE LABELS DUID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / DVCH96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVMD96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVMR96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVOF96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVOT96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVPV96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVSF96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0 ' / DVSL96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVTC96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVUC96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVVA96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' / DVWC96H -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -4 '-4 FAMILY FLAT FEE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 ' 0' 53 '$53.00' / PID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' . 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