/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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="H178D.DAT" /LRECL=358. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 ERHEVIDX 30-41 (A) FFEEIDX 42-53 (A) PANEL 54-55 MPCDATA 56-56 IPBEGYR 57-60 IPBEGMM 61-62 IPENDYR 63-66 IPENDMM 67-68 NUMNIGHX 69-71 NUMNIGHT 72-73 EMERROOM 74-75 SPECCOND 76-77 RSNINHOS 78-79 DLVRTYPE 80-81 ANYOPER 82-83 IPCCC1X 84-86 (A) IPCCC2X 87-89 (A) IPCCC3X 90-92 (A) IPCCC4X 93-95 (A) DSCHPMED 96-97 FFIPTYPE 98-99 IPXP15X 100-108 (2) IPTC15X 109-117 (2) IPFSF15X 118-125 (2) IPFMR15X 126-134 (2) IPFMD15X 135-143 (2) IPFPV15X 144-152 (2) IPFVA15X 153-161 (2) IPFTR15X 162-169 (2) IPFOF15X 170-177 (2) IPFSL15X 178-185 (2) IPFWC15X 186-193 (2) IPFOR15X 194-202 (2) IPFOU15X 203-210 (2) IPFOT15X 211-219 (2) IPFXP15X 220-228 (2) IPFTC15X 229-237 (2) IPDSF15X 238-244 (2) IPDMR15X 245-252 (2) IPDMD15X 253-259 (2) IPDPV15X 260-267 (2) IPDVA15X 268-274 (2) IPDTR15X 275-281 (2) IPDOF15X 282-288 (2) IPDSL15X 289-294 (2) IPDWC15X 295-301 (2) IPDOR15X 302-309 (2) IPDOU15X 310-316 (2) IPDOT15X 317-323 (2) IPDXP15X 324-331 (2) IPDTC15X 332-340 (2) IMPFLAG 341-341 PERWT15F 342-353 (6) VARSTR 354-357 VARPSU 358-358 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' ERHEVIDX 'EVENT ID FOR CORRESPONDING EMER RM VISIT' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' IPBEGYR 'EVENT START DATE - YEAR' IPBEGMM 'EVENT START DATE - MONTH' IPENDYR 'EVENT END DATE - YEAR' IPENDMM 'EVENT END DATE - MONTH' NUMNIGHX '# OF NIGHTS IN HOSPITAL - EDITED/IMPUTED' NUMNIGHT 'NUMBER OF NIGHTS STAYED AT PROVIDER' EMERROOM 'DID STAY BEGIN WITH EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT' SPECCOND 'HOSPITAL STAY RELATED TO CONDITION' RSNINHOS 'REASON ENTERED HOSPITAL' DLVRTYPE 'VAGINAL OR CAESAREAN DELIVERY' ANYOPER 'ANY OPERATIONS OR SURGERIES PERFORMED' IPCCC1X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' IPCCC2X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' IPCCC3X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' IPCCC4X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' DSCHPMED 'MEDICINES PRESCRIBED AT DISCHARGE' FFIPTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' IPXP15X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT (IPFXP15X+IPDXP15X)' IPTC15X 'TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (IPFTC15X+IPDTC15X)' IPFSF15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' IPFMR15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' IPFMD15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' IPFPV15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPFVA15X 'FAC AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' IPFTR15X 'FACILITY AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' IPFOF15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' IPFSL15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' IPFWC15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' IPFOR15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' IPFOU15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' IPFOT15X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPFXP15X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS IPFSF15X-IPFOT15X' IPFTC15X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IPDSF15X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' IPDMR15X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' IPDMD15X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' IPDPV15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPDVA15X 'DR AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' IPDTR15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' IPDOF15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' IPDSL15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' IPDWC15X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' IPDOR15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED)' IPDOU15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' IPDOT15X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPDXP15X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS IPDSF15X-IPDOT15X' IPDTC15X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT15F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2015' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2015' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2015' . VALUE LABELS ANYOPER -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DLVRTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 VAGINAL DELIVERY' 2 '2 CAESAREAN SECTION' / DSCHPMED -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / EMERROOM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / EVENTRN 1 'ROUND 1' 2 'ROUND 2' 3 'ROUND 3' 4 'ROUND 4' 5 'ROUND 5' / FFIPTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 FLAT FEE STEM' 2 '2 FLAT FEE LEAF' / IMPFLAG 0 '0 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPUTATION' 1 '1 COMPLETE HC DATA' 2 '2 COMPLETE MPC DATA' 3 '3 FULLY IMPUTED' 4 '4 PARTIALLY IMPUTED' 5 '5 CAPITATION IMPUTATION' / IPBEGMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPBEGYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2014 '2014' 2015 '2015' / IPCCC1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC3X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC4X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPDMD15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDMR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOF15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOT15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOU15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDPV15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDSF15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDSL15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDTC15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDTR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDVA15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDWC15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDXP15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPENDMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPENDYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2015 '2015' / IPFMD15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFMR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOF15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOT15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOU15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFPV15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFSF15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFSL15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFTC15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFTR15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFVA15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFWC15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFXP15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPTC15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPXP15X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / MPCDATA 1 '1 HAS MPC DATA' 2 '2 NO MPC DATA' / NUMNIGHT -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / NUMNIGHX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0 NUMBER OF NIGHTS' / PANEL 19 'PANEL 19' 20 'PANEL 20' / RSNINHOS -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 OPERATION OR SURGICAL PROCEDURE' 2 '2 TREATMENT/THERAPY' 3 '3 DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ONLY' 4 '4 GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY (MOTHER)' 5 '5 TO BE BORN (BABY)' 6 '6 PREGNANCY-RELATED COMPLICATIONS' 91 '91 OTHER (SPECIFY)' / SPECCOND -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' . 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