# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # R programming statements for h213C data # # This file contains programming statements needed to import the ASCII data # file (.dat) into R. The R programming language has the capability to produce # appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex sample # design such as the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). # # The input file is the ASCII data file (h213C.dat) supplied in this PUF # release, which can be extracted from the .zip file supplied at the MEPS # website: https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files.jsp # # This code imports the MEPS data into R as a data frame called 'h213C'. # # Note that additional packages are needed to successfully run this code. To # install these packages, run the 'install.packages' function (shown below). # Once installed, the packages can be called using the 'library' function. # Packages only need to be installed once, but they must be called using the # 'library' function every time a new R session is started. # # Two options are available to run this code: # # 1. Copy and paste the code into an interactive R session. # # The user must first download the ASCII (.dat) file from the MEPS website # and save it to a local directory, which must be defined in the # 'meps_path' variable below. In this example, the local directory is # called 'C:/MEPS'. Note that the path structure will differ on Mac and PC. # # # 2. Call this code directly from an interactive R session. # # (a) If the ASCII (.dat) file has already been downloaded from the MEPS # website and saved to a local directory, the following code can be run # (after re-defining the 'meps_path' variable to point to the location # of the h213C.dat file.) # # meps_path <- "C:/MEPS/h213C.dat" # source("https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data/pufs/h213C/h213Cru.txt") # head(h213C) # view data # # (b) Alternatively, the ASCII (.dat) file can be downloaded directly from # the MEPS website. The following code can be used to download and # import the h213C data into R without having to manually download, # unzip, and store the file on your local computer. # # url <- "https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/pufs/h213Cdat.zip" # download.file(url, temp <- tempfile()) # # meps_path <- unzip(temp, exdir = tempdir()) # source("https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data/pufs/h213C/h213Cru.txt") # # unlink(temp) # Unlink to delete temporary file # # head(h213C) # view data # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # DEFINE 'meps_path' ----------------------------------------------------------- # 'meps_path' should point to the file path of the ASCII file (h213C.dat) # Here, the 'exists' function checks whether meps_path is already defined. This # feature is useful if calling this file from an external source. if(!exists("meps_path")) meps_path = "C:/MEPS/h213C.dat" # INSTALL PACKAGES ------------------------------------------------------------ # Uncomment and run this portion if packages are not yet installed # # install.packages("readr") # ************************************** # LOAD PACKAGES --------------------------------------------------------------- # Run this for every new R session library(readr) # DATA FILE INFO ------------------------------------------ # Define start and end positions to read fixed-width file pos_start <- c( 1, 8, 11, 21, 37, 38, 40, 41, 49, 57, 65, 73, 80, 88, 95, 102, 109, 116, 124, 132, 133, 145, 149) pos_end <- c( 7, 10, 20, 36, 37, 39, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 79, 87, 94, 101, 108, 115, 123, 131, 132, 144, 148, 149) var_names <- c( "DUID", "PID", "DUPERSID", "EVNTIDX", "EVENTRN", "PANEL", "OMTYPE_M18", "OMSF19X", "OMMR19X", "OMMD19X", "OMPV19X", "OMVA19X", "OMTR19X", "OMOF19X", "OMSL19X", "OMWC19X", "OMOT19X", "OMXP19X", "OMTC19X", "IMPFLAG", "PERWT19F", "VARSTR", "VARPSU") var_types <- c( "n", "n", "c", "c", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n", "n") var_types <- setNames(var_types, var_names) # IMPORT ASCII file ----------------------- h213C <- read_fwf( meps_path, col_positions = fwf_positions( start = pos_start, end = pos_end, col_names = var_names), col_types = var_types) # OPTIONAL: save as .Rdata file for easier loading ---------------------------- # Run this to save a permanent .Rdata file in the local working directory # # save(h213C, file ="h213C.Rdata") # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # NOTES: # # 1. This program has been tested on R version 3.6.0 # # 2. This program will create a temporary data frame in R called 'h213C'. # You must run the 'save' command to permanently save the data to a local # folder # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------