/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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="H197F.DAT" /LRECL=331. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 FFEEIDX 30-41 (A) PANEL 42-43 MPCDATA 44-44 OPDATEYR 45-48 OPDATEMM 49-50 SEETLKPV 51-52 SEEDOC 53-54 DRSPLTY 55-56 MEDPTYPE 57-58 VSTCTGRY 59-60 VSTRELCN 61-62 LABTEST 63-64 SONOGRAM 65-66 XRAYS 67-68 MAMMOG 69-70 MRI 71-72 EKG 73-74 RCVVAC 75-76 OTHSVCE 77-78 SURGPROC 79-80 MEDPRESC 81-82 FFOPTYPE 83-84 OPXP17X 85-93 (2) OPTC17X 94-103 (2) OPFSF17X 104-111 (2) OPFMR17X 112-119 (2) OPFMD17X 120-127 (2) OPFPV17X 128-135 (2) OPFVA17X 136-143 (2) OPFTR17X 144-151 (2) OPFOF17X 152-157 (2) OPFSL17X 158-164 (2) OPFWC17X 165-173 (2) OPFOR17X 174-181 (2) OPFOU17X 182-188 (2) OPFOT17X 189-196 (2) OPFXP17X 197-205 (2) OPFTC17X 206-215 (2) OPDSF17X 216-222 (2) OPDMR17X 223-229 (2) OPDMD17X 230-236 (2) OPDPV17X 237-244 (2) OPDVA17X 245-251 (2) OPDTR17X 252-258 (2) OPDOF17X 259-263 (2) OPDSL17X 264-269 (2) OPDWC17X 270-276 (2) OPDOR17X 277-284 (2) OPDOU17X 285-290 (2) OPDOT17X 291-297 (2) OPDXP17X 298-305 (2) OPDTC17X 306-313 (2) IMPFLAG 314-314 PERWT17F 315-326 (6) VARSTR 327-330 VARPSU 331-331 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' OPDATEYR 'EVENT DATE - YEAR' OPDATEMM 'EVENT DATE - MONTH' SEETLKPV 'DID P VISIT PROV IN PERSON OR TELEPHONE' SEEDOC 'DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT/PHONE CALL' DRSPLTY 'OPAT DOCTOR S SPECIALTY' MEDPTYPE 'TYPE OF MED PERSON P TALKED TO ON VST DT' VSTCTGRY 'BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT' VSTRELCN 'THIS VST/PHONE CALL RELATED TO SPEC COND' 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, EEG OR ECG' RCVVAC 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE A VACCINATION' 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' FFOPTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' OPXP17X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT (OPFXP17X + OPDXP17X)' OPTC17X 'TOTAL CHG FOR EVENT (OPFTC17X+OPDTC17X)' OPFSF17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' OPFMR17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' OPFMD17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' OPFPV17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' OPFVA17X 'FAC AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' OPFTR17X 'FACILITY AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' OPFOF17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' OPFSL17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' OPFWC17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' OPFOR17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' OPFOU17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' OPFOT17X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' OPFXP17X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS OPFSF17X-OPFOT17X' OPFTC17X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE (IMPUTED)' OPDSF17X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' OPDMR17X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' OPDMD17X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' OPDPV17X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIVATE INSUR (IMPUTED)' OPDVA17X 'DR AMT PD,VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' OPDTR17X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,TRICARE(IMPUTED)' OPDOF17X 'DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' OPDSL17X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' OPDWC17X 'DOCTOR AMOUNT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' OPDOR17X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIVATE (IMPUTED)' OPDOU17X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUBLIC (IMPUTED)' OPDOT17X 'DOCTOR AMT PAID, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' OPDXP17X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS OPDSF17X-OPDOT17X' OPDTC17X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT17F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2017' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2017' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2017' . VALUE LABELS DRSPLTY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY' 10 '10 GERIATRICS (ELDERLY)' 11 '11 GYNECOLOGY/OBSTETRICS' 12 '12 HEMATOLOGY (BLOOD)' 13 '13 HOSPITAL RESIDENCE' 14 '14 INTERNAL MEDICINE' 15 '15 NEPHROLOGY (KIDNEYS)' 16 '16 NEUROLOGY' 18 '18 ONCOLOGY' 19 '19 OPHTHALMOLOGY' 2 '2 ANESTHESIOLOGY' 20 '20 ORTHOPEDICS' 21 '21 OSTEOPATHY' 22 '22 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY' 23 '23 PATHOLOGY' 24 '24 PEDIATRICIAN' 25 '25 PHYSICAL MEDICINE/REHAB' 26 '26 PLASTIC SURGERY' 27 '27 PROCTOLOGY' 28 '28 PSYCHIATRY' 29 '29 PULMONARY' 3 '3 CARDIOLOGY (HEART)' 30 '30 RADIOLOGY' 31 '31 RHEUMATOLOGY (ARTHRITIS)' 32 '32 THORACIC SURGERY' 33 '33 UROLOGY' 4 '4 DERMATOLOGY (SKIN)' 5 '5 ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM' 6 '6 FAMILY PRACTICE' 7 '7 GASTROENTEROLOGY' 8 '8 GENERAL PRACTICE' 9 '9 GENERAL SURGERY' 91 '91 OTHER DR SPECIALTY' / 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' / EVENTRN 1 'ROUND 1' 2 'ROUND 2' 3 'ROUND 3' 4 'ROUND 4' 5 'ROUND 5' / FFOPTYPE -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' / MEDPTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 CHIROPRACTOR' 10 '10 PSYCHOLOGIST' 11 '11 SOCIAL WORKER' 12 '12 TECHNICIAN' 14 '14 ACUPUNCTURIST' 15 '15 MASSAGE THERAPIST' 16 '16 HOMEOPATHIC/NATURAPATHIC/HERBALIST' 17 '17 OTHER ALTERNATIVE/COMPLEMENTARY CARE PRO' 2 '2 DENTIST/DENTAL CARE PERSON' 3 '3 MIDWIFE' 4 '4 NURSE/NURSE PRACTITIONER' 5 '5 OPTOMETRIST' 6 '6 PODIATRIST' 7 "7 PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT" 8 '8 PHYSICAL THERAPIST' 9 '9 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST' 91 '91 OTHER' / 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' / OPDATEMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / OPDATEYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2017 '2017' / OPDMD17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDMR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDOF17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' 1.13 '$1.00 - $1.13' / OPDOR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDOT17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDOU17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDPV17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDSF17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDSL17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDTC17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDTR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDVA17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDWC17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPDXP17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFMD17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFMR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFOF17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFOR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFOT17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFOU17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFPV17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFSF17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFSL17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFTC17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFTR17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFVA17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFWC17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPFXP17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPTC17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / OPXP17X -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / 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 21 'PANEL 21' 22 'PANEL 22' / 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' / SEEDOC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SEETLKPV -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 SAW PROVIDER' 2 '2 TELEPHONE CALL' / 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' / VSTCTGRY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 GENERAL CHECKUP' 10 '10 LASER EYE SURGERY' 2 '2 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT' 3 '3 EMERGENCY (E.G., ACCIDENT OR INJURY)' 4 '4 PSYCHOTHERAPY/MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING' 5 '5 FOLLOW-UP OR POST-OPERATIVE VISIT' 6 '6 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS' 7 '7 VISION EXAM' 8 '8 PREGNANCY-RELATED (INC PRENATAL/ DELV)' 9 '9 WELL CHILD EXAM' 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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