/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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." */ /*****************************************************************************/ DATA LIST FILE="H128.DAT" / DUID 1-5 (A) PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) CONDN 17-19 CONDIDX 20-31 (A) PANEL 32-33 CONDRN 34-34 PRIOLIST 35-35 AGEDIAG 36-37 REMISSN 38-39 CRND1 40-41 CRND2 42-43 CRND3 44-44 CRND4 45-46 CRND5 47-48 INJURY 49-49 ACCDENTD 50-51 ACCDENTM 52-53 ACCDENTY 54-57 ACCDNJAN 58-59 ACCDNWRK 60-61 MISSWORK 62-62 MISSSCHL 63-63 INBEDFLG 64-64 ICD9CODX 65-67 (A) ICD9PROX 68-69 (A) CCCODEX 70-72 (A) HHNUM 73-74 IPNUM 75-75 OPNUM 76-78 OBNUM 79-81 ERNUM 82-83 RXNUM 84-85 PERWT09F 86-97 (6) VARSTR 98-101 VARPSU 102-102 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' CONDN 'CONDITION NUMBER' CONDIDX 'CONDITION ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' CONDRN 'CONDITION ROUND NUMBER' PRIOLIST 'IS CONDITION ON PRIORITY LIST' AGEDIAG 'AGE WHEN DIAGNOSED' REMISSN 'IS CANCER IN REMISSION/UNDER CONTROL' CRND1 'HAS CONDITION INFORMATION IN ROUND 1' CRND2 'HAS CONDITION INFORMATION IN ROUND 2' CRND3 'HAS CONDITION INFORMATION IN ROUND 3' CRND4 'HAS CONDITION INFORMATION IN ROUND 4' CRND5 'HAS CONDITION INFORMATION IN ROUND 5' INJURY 'WAS CONDITION DUE TO ACCIDENT/INJURY' ACCDENTD 'DATE OF ACCIDENT -- DAY' ACCDENTM 'DATE OF ACCIDENT -- MONTH' ACCDENTY 'DATE OF ACCIDENT -- YEAR' ACCDNJAN 'ACCIDENT/INJURY OCCUR BEFORE/AFTER JAN 1' ACCDNWRK 'DID ACCIDENT OCCUR AT WORK' MISSWORK 'FLAG ASSOCIATED WITH MISSED WORK DAYS' MISSSCHL 'FLAG ASSOCIATED WITH MISSED SCHOOL DAYS' INBEDFLG 'FLAG ASSOCIATED WITH BED DAYS' ICD9CODX 'ICD-9-CM CODE FOR CONDITION - EDITED' ICD9PROX 'ICD-9-CM CODE FOR PROCEDURE - EDITED' CCCODEX 'CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE - EDITED' HHNUM '# HOME HEALTH EVENTS ASSOC. W/ CONDITION' IPNUM '# INPATIENT EVENTS ASSOC. W/ CONDITION' OPNUM '# OUTPATIENT EVENTS ASSOC. W/ CONDITION' OBNUM '# OFFICE-BASED EVENTS ASSOC W/ CONDITION' ERNUM '# ER EVENTS ASSOC. W/ CONDITION' RXNUM '# PRESCRIBED MEDICINES ASSOC. W/ COND.' PERWT09F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2009' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2009' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2009' . VALUE LABELS ACCDENTD -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ACCDENTM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ACCDENTY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2007 '2007' 2008 '2008' 2009 '2009' 2010 '2010' / ACCDNJAN -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 BEFORE' 2 '2 AFTER' / ACCDNWRK -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 3 '3 DOES NOT WORK' / AGEDIAG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / CCCODEX '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / CONDRN 1 '1 ROUND 1' 2 '2 ROUND 2' 3 '3 ROUND 3' 4 '4 ROUND 4' 5 '5 ROUND 5' / CRND1 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / CRND2 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / CRND3 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / CRND4 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / CRND5 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / ICD9CODX '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ICD9PROX '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / INBEDFLG -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / INJURY -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MISSSCHL -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / MISSWORK -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / PANEL 13 '13 PANEL 13' 14 '14 PANEL 14' / PRIOLIST 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / REMISSN -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' . 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