/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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." */ /*****************************************************************************/ DATA LIST FILE="H26D.DAT" / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 ERHEVIDX 30-41 (A) FFEEIDX 42-51 (A) MPCDATA 52-52 IPBEGYR 53-56 IPBEGMM 57-58 IPBEGDD 59-60 IPENDYR 61-64 IPENDMM 65-66 IPENDDD 67-68 NUMNIGHX 69-71 NUMNIGHT 72-73 EMERROOM 74-75 SPECCOND 76-77 RSNINHOS 78-79 ANYOPER 80-81 SURGPROC 82-83 VAPLACE 84-84 IPICD1X 85-87 (A) IPICD2X 88-90 (A) IPICD3X 91-93 (A) IPICD4X 94-96 (A) IPPRO1X 97-99 (A) IPPRO2X 100-102 (A) IPCCC1X 103-105 (A) IPCCC2X 106-108 (A) IPCCC3X 109-111 (A) IPCCC4X 112-114 (A) DSCHPMED 115-116 DROUTSID 117-118 FFIPTYPE 119-120 FFBEF98 121-122 FFTOT99 123-124 IPXP98X 125-133 (2) IPTC98X 134-142 (2) IPFSF98X 143-150 (2) IPFMR98X 151-159 (2) IPFMD98X 160-167 (2) IPFPV98X 168-176 (2) IPFVA98X 177-184 (2) IPFCH98X 185-192 (2) IPFOF98X 193-200 (2) IPFSL98X 201-207 (2) IPFWC98X 208-215 (2) IPFOR98X 216-224 (2) IPFOU98X 225-232 (2) IPFOT98X 233-240 (2) IPFXP98X 241-249 (2) IPFTC98X 250-258 (2) IPDSF98X 259-265 (2) IPDMR98X 266-273 (2) IPDMD98X 274-280 (2) IPDPV98X 281-288 (2) IPDVA98X 289-294 (2) IPDCH98X 295-300 (2) IPDOF98X 301-306 (2) IPDSL98X 307-312 (2) IPDWC98X 313-319 (2) IPDOR98X 320-327 (2) IPDOU98X 328-334 (2) IPDOT98X 335-340 (2) IPDXP98X 341-348 (2) IPDTC98X 349-356 (2) WTDPER98 357-368 (6) VARPSU98 369-370 VARSTR98 371-373 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'NUMERIC PID' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID+PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' ERHEVIDX 'ER/HS LINK ID' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' IPBEGYR 'EVENT START DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT)' IPBEGMM 'EVENT START DATE - MONTH' IPBEGDD 'EVENT START DATE - DAY' IPENDYR 'EVENT END DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT)' IPENDMM 'EVENT END DATE - MONTH' IPENDDD 'EVENT END DATE - DAY' NUMNIGHX '# NGTS IN HOSP - 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' ANYOPER 'ANY OPERATIONS OR SURGERIES PERFORMED' SURGPROC 'MAIN SURGICAL PROCEDURE' VAPLACE 'VA FACILITY FLAG' IPICD1X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' IPICD2X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' IPICD3X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' IPICD4X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' IPPRO1X '2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE' IPPRO2X '2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE' 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' DROUTSID 'ANY OF THE DRS SEEN OUTSIDE THE PROVIDER' FFIPTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' FFBEF98 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998' FFTOT99 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 1998' IPXP98X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT(IPFXP98X+IPDXP98X)' IPTC98X 'TOT CHG FOR EVENT(IPFTC98X+IPDTC98X)' IPFSF98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' IPFMR98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' IPFMD98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' IPFPV98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPFVA98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED)' IPFCH98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED)' IPFOF98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' IPFSL98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' IPFWC98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' IPFOR98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' IPFOU98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' IPFOT98X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPFXP98X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS IPFSF98X-IPFOT98X' IPFTC98X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE(IMPUTED)' IPDSF98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' IPDMR98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' IPDMD98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' IPDPV98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPDVA98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED)' IPDCH98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED)' IPDOF98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' IPDSL98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' IPDWC98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' IPDOR98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' IPDOU98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' IPDOT98X 'DOCTOR AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' IPDXP98X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS IPDSF98X-IPDOT98X' IPDTC98X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE(IMPUTED)' WTDPER98 'POVERTY/MORTALITY/NH ADJ PERS LVL WGT 98' VARPSU98 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU,1998' VARSTR98 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM,1998' . VALUE LABELS ANYOPER -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DROUTSID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DSCHPMED -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DUID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -2 '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' -3 '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / DUPERSID '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-2' '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' '-3' '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / EMERROOM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / EVENTRN 1 '1 ROUND 1' 2 '2 ROUND 2' 3 '3 ROUND 3' 4 '4 ROUND 4' 5 '5 ROUND 5' / FFBEF98 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0 NO FLAT FEE VISITS PRIOR TO 1998' / FFIPTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 FLAT FEE STEM' 2 '2 FLAT FEE LEAF' / FFTOT99 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPBEGDD -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / 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' 1995 '1995' 1996 '1996' 1997 '1997' 1998 '1998' 1999 '1999' 95 '1995' 96 '1996' 97 '1997' / IPCCC1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC3X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPCCC4X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPDCH98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDMD98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDMR98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOF98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOR98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOT98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDOU98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDPV98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDSF98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDSL98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDTC98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDVA98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDWC98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPDXP98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPENDDD -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPENDMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 95 '95 STILL IN HOSPITAL' / IPENDYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1995 '1995' 1996 '1996' 1997 '1997' 1998 '1998' 1999 '1999' 95 '1995' 96 '1996' 97 '1997' / IPFCH98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFMD98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFMR98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOF98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOR98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOT98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFOU98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFPV98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFSF98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFSL98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFTC98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFVA98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFWC98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPFXP98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPICD1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPICD2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPICD3X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPICD4X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPPRO1X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPPRO2X '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / IPTC98X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / IPXP98X -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' / PID -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -2 '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' -3 '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / 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)' 91 '91 OTHER SPECIFY' / SPECCOND -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SURGPROC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 APPENDECTOMY' 10 '10 HERNIA REPAIR' 11 '11 HYSTERECTOMY' 12 '12 JOINT (HIP/KNEE) REPLACEMENT SURGERY' 13 '13 MASTECTOMY/LUMPECTOMY' 14 '14 PACEMAKER INSERTION' 15 '15 PLASTIC/RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY' 16 '16 PROSTATE SURGERY (PROSTATECTOMY)' 17 '17 SPINAL DISC SURGERY (SLIPPED/PROLAPSED)' 18 '18 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE' 19 '19 THYROID SURGERY (THYROIDECTOMY)' 2 '2 ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY (VISUAL OF JOINTS)' 20 '20 TISSUE BIOPSY' 21 '21 TONSILLECTOMY' 3 '3 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION' 4 '4 CATARACT SURGERY' 5 '5 CIRCUMCISION' 6 '6 CORONARY BYPASS' 7 '7 D AND C (DILATION AND CURETTAGE)' 8 '8 DENTAL SURGERY' 9 '9 GALLBLADDER SURGERY (CHOLECYSTECTOMY)' 91 '91 OTHER' / VAPLACE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' . EXECUTE.