/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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." */ /*****************************************************************************/ SET UNICODE = NO. FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="H188E.DAT" /LRECL=335. 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 ERDATEYR 57-60 ERDATEMM 61-62 VSTCTGRY 63-64 VSTRELCN 65-66 LABTEST 67-68 SONOGRAM 69-70 XRAYS 71-72 MAMMOG 73-74 MRI 75-76 EKG 77-78 EEG 79-80 RCVVAC 81-82 ANESTH 83-84 THRTSWAB 85-86 OTHSVCE 87-88 SURGPROC 89-90 MEDPRESC 91-92 FFERTYPE 93-94 FFBEF16 95-96 ERXP16X 97-105 (2) ERTC16X 106-114 (2) ERFSF16X 115-122 (2) ERFMR16X 123-130 (2) ERFMD16X 131-138 (2) ERFPV16X 139-147 (2) ERFVA16X 148-155 (2) ERFTR16X 156-162 (2) ERFOF16X 163-169 (2) ERFSL16X 170-176 (2) ERFWC16X 177-183 (2) ERFOR16X 184-191 (2) ERFOU16X 192-198 (2) ERFOT16X 199-206 (2) ERFXP16X 207-215 (2) ERFTC16X 216-224 (2) ERDSF16X 225-231 (2) ERDMR16X 232-238 (2) ERDMD16X 239-245 (2) ERDPV16X 246-252 (2) ERDVA16X 253-259 (2) ERDTR16X 260-265 (2) ERDOF16X 266-269 (2) ERDSL16X 270-275 (2) ERDWC16X 276-282 (2) ERDOR16X 283-289 (2) ERDOU16X 290-295 (2) ERDOT16X 296-302 (2) ERDXP16X 303-309 (2) ERDTC16X 310-317 (2) IMPFLAG 318-318 PERWT16F 319-330 (6) VARSTR 331-334 VARPSU 335-335 . 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 HOSPITAL STAY' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' ERDATEYR 'EVENT DATE - YEAR' ERDATEMM 'EVENT DATE - MONTH' VSTCTGRY 'BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT' VSTRELCN 'THIS VST RELATED TO SPEC CONDITION' LABTEST 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TESTS' SONOGRAM 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE SONOGRAM OR ULTRSD' XRAYS 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE X-RAYS' MAMMOG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A MAMMOGRAM' MRI 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN MRI/CATSCAN' EKG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EKG OR ECG' EEG 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE AN EEG' RCVVAC 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION' ANESTH 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA' THRTSWAB 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE A THROAT SWAB' OTHSVCE 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE OTH DIAG TEST/EXAM' SURGPROC 'WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT' MEDPRESC 'ANY MEDICINE PRESCRIBED FOR P THIS VISIT' FFERTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' FFBEF16 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2016' ERXP16X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT (ERFXP16X + ERDXP16X)' ERTC16X 'TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (ERFTC16X+ERDTC16X)' ERFSF16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' ERFMR16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' ERFMD16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' ERFPV16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFVA16X 'FAC AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' ERFTR16X 'FACILITY AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' ERFOF16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' ERFSL16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' ERFWC16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' ERFOR16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' ERFOU16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' ERFOT16X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFXP16X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF16X-ERFOT16X' ERFTC16X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED)' ERDSF16X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' ERDMR16X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' ERDMD16X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' ERDPV16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERDVA16X 'DR AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' ERDTR16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' ERDOF16X 'DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' ERDSL16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' ERDWC16X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' ERDOR16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED)' ERDOU16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' ERDOT16X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERDXP16X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF16X - ERDOT16X' ERDTC16X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT16F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2016' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2016' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2016' . VALUE LABELS ANESTH -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / EEG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / EKG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / ERDATEMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / ERDATEYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2016 '2016' / ERDMD16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDMR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOF16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOT16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOU16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDPV16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDSF16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDSL16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDTC16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDTR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDVA16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDWC16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDXP16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMD16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOF16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOT16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOU16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFPV16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSF16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSL16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFTC16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFTR16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFVA16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFWC16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFXP16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERTC16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERXP16X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / EVENTRN 1 'ROUND 1' 2 'ROUND 2' 3 'ROUND 3' 4 'ROUND 4' 5 'ROUND 5' / FFBEF16 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 2 '1 - 2' / FFERTYPE -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' / LABTEST -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / MAMMOG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / MEDPRESC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MPCDATA 1 '1 HAS MPC DATA' 2 '2 NO MPC DATA' / MRI -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / OTHSVCE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / PANEL 20 'PANEL 20' 21 'PANEL 21' / RCVVAC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SONOGRAM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SURGPROC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / THRTSWAB -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / VSTCTGRY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT' 2 '2 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)' 3 '3 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING' 4 '4 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT' 5 '5 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS' 6 '6 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)' 91 '91 OTHER' / VSTRELCN -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / XRAYS -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' . 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