/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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="H182.DAT" /LRECL=73. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUPERSID 1-8 (A) MULTSPEC 9-10 MULTLOC 11-12 MULTLOC2 13-14 PRACTYPX 15-16 NUMDOC 17-19 NUMPCP 20-21 NUMNPA 22-23 PRACXRAY 24-25 ACO 26-27 CAPITATD 28-29 MEDHOME 30-31 PERMCAID 32-33 BASESAL 34-35 ROLEX 36-37 POWNERX 38-39 SAMEDAY 40-41 PCREMIND 42-43 QUALCARE 44-45 CASEMGR 46-47 HOSDCCHK 48-49 EHREMR 50-51 EHRRMIND 52-53 SECMSGS 54-55 MOSWT15F 56-68 (6) VARSTR 69-72 VARPSU 73-73 . VARIABLE LABEL DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' MULTSPEC 'MULTISPECIALTY GROUP PRACTICE' MULTLOC 'DOES PRACT HAVE MORE THAN 1 LOCATION' MULTLOC2 'RESPONSES FOR ALL OR 1 LOC' PRACTYPX 'PRACTICE DESCRIPTION' NUMDOC 'APPROX # FT + PT PHYSICIANS IN PRACTICE' NUMPCP 'APPROX # PRIM CARE PHYSICIANS IN PRACT' NUMNPA 'APPROX # NURSE PRACTNRS + PHYS ASSISTS' PRACXRAY 'PRACTICE XRAY CHEST & EXTREMITIES ONSITE' ACO 'PARTICIPATE IN ACO W/MEDICRE OR PRIV INS' CAPITATD 'PRACTICE HAS CAPITATED CONTRACTS' MEDHOME 'CERTIFIED PATIENT-CENTERED MEDICAL HOME' PERMCAID 'PERCENT COVERED BY MEDICAID' BASESAL 'PHYSICIANS PAID BASE SALARY' ROLEX 'ROLE OF RESPONDENT IN PRACTICE' POWNERX 'PRACTICE OWNERSHIP' SAMEDAY 'PRACT SET TIME ASIDE FOR SAME-DAY APPTS' PCREMIND 'SEND PREVENTIVE CARE REMINDERS TO P' QUALCARE 'REPORTS TO PHYS ON CLINICAL QUAL CARE' CASEMGR 'CASE MANAGER COORDINATE PATIENT CARE' HOSDCCHK 'CHECK IN W/P 48 HRS AFTER HOSP DISCHARGE' EHREMR 'PRACTICE USES EHR OR EMR' EHRRMIND 'EHR/EMR REMINDERS FOR GUIDELINES/SCREEN' SECMSGS 'EHR/EMR EXCHANGE SECURE MESSAGES W/P' MOSWT15F 'MOS FILE FINAL PERSON WEIGHT, 2015' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM - 2015' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU - 2015' . VALUE LABELS ACO -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / BASESAL -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / CAPITATD -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / CASEMGR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / EHREMR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / EHRRMIND -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE (NO EHR)' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / HOSDCCHK -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 3 '3 PRACT DOESNT KNOW WHEN PTS DISCHARGED' / MEDHOME -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MULTLOC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MULTLOC2 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE (SINGLE LOCATION)' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 INCLUSIVE OF THE PRACTICE AS A WHOLE' 2 '2 EXCLUSIVE TO THIS LOCATION' / MULTSPEC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / NUMDOC -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 1 '1' 250 '250+' / NUMNPA -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 1 '1' 50 '50+' / NUMPCP -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 1 '1' 80 '80+' / PCREMIND -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / PERMCAID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 LESS THAN 10 PERCENT' 2 '2 10-50 PERCENT' 3 '3 GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT' / POWNERX -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 PHYSICIANS IN PRACTICE' 2 '2 ANOTHER PHYSICIAN GROUP' 3 '3 NONPROFIT/GOVT CLINIC' 4 '4 ACADEMIC' 5 '5 HMO' 6 '6 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE' 7 '7 HOSPITAL OWNED' 8 '8 CORPORATION OWNED' 91 '91 OTHER, PLEASE SPECIFY' / PRACTYPX -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 AN INDEPENDENT PRACTICE' 2 '2 A PHYSICIAN NETWORK OWNED BY HOSPITAL' 3 '3 A NONPROFIT OR GOVT CLINIC' 4 '4 PRACT OWNED BY ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER' 5 '5 AN HMO' 6 '6 CORPORATION OWNED' 91 '91 OTHER, PLEASE SPECIFY' / PRACXRAY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / QUALCARE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ROLEX -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 PRACTICE ADMINISTRATOR' 2 '2 MEDICAL DIRECTOR' 3 '3 PHYSICIAN' 4 '4 OFFICE OR OTHER MANAGER' 5 '5 OFFICE STAFF NON-MANAGERIAL' 6 '6 NON-PHYSICIAN MEDICAL' 7 '7 BILLING' 8 '8 RECEPTIONIST' 91 '91 OTHER, PLEASE SPECIFY' / SAMEDAY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SECMSGS -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE (NO EHR)' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 "-8 DON'T KNOW" -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' . 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