/*****************************************************************************/
/*  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="HC16BF2.DAT"  /LRECL=129.
DATA LIST FILE=INFILE /
    DUID 1-5  
    PID 6-8  
    DUPERSID 9-16 (A)
    EVNTIDX 17-28 (A)
    HHSFFIDX 29-38 (A)
    DVSF97H 39-45 (2)
    DVMR97H 46-51 (2)
    DVMD97H 52-56 (2)
    DVPV97H 57-63 (2)
    DVVA97H 64-68 (2)
    DVCH97H 69-74 (2)
    DVOF97H 75-80 (2)
    DVSL97H 81-86 (2)
    DVWC97H 87-91 (2)
    DVUC97H 92-98 (2)
    DVOT97H 99-105 (2)
    DVTC97H 106-112 (2)
    WTDPER97 113-124 (6)
    VARSTR97 125-127  
    VARPSU97 128-129   .
VARIABLE LABEL 
    DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID'
    PID 'PERSON NUMBER'
    DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID+PID)'
    EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID'
    HHSFFIDX 'HOUSEHOLD REPORTD FLAT FEE ID(UNEDITED)'
    DVSF97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, FAMILY(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVMR97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICARE(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVMD97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, MEDICAID(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVPV97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, PRIV INS(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVVA97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, VETERANS(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVCH97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, CHMP/CHPVA(PRE-IMPUTED'
    DVOF97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTHER FED(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVSL97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, STATE/LOC(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVWC97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, WORK COMP(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVUC97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, UNCOL LIAB(PRE-IMPUTED'
    DVOT97H 'HHLD RPTD AMT PD, OTH INSUR(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    DVTC97H 'HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE(PRE-IMPUTED)'
    WTDPER97 'POVERTY/MORTALITY ADJ PERSON LEVL WGT-97'
    VARSTR97 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1997'
    VARPSU97 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1997' .
VALUE LABELS 
    DVCH97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVMD97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVMR97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVOF97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVOT97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVPV97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVSF97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVSL97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVTC97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVUC97H
         -8 '-8 DK'
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVVA97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' /
    DVWC97H
         -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED'
         0 '0' .
EXECUTE.