/*****************************************************************************/ /* 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="H33E.DAT" /LRECL=345. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 ERR2FLAG 30-31 ERHEVIDX 32-43 (A) FFEEIDX 44-55 (A) MPCDATA 56-56 ERDATEYR 57-60 ERDATEMM 61-62 ERDATEDD 63-64 SEEDOC 65-66 VSTCTGRY 67-68 VSTRELCN 69-70 LABTEST 71-72 SONOGRAM 73-74 XRAYS 75-76 MAMMOG 77-78 MRI 79-80 EKG 81-82 EEG 83-84 RCVVAC 85-86 ANESTH 87-88 OTHSVCE 89-90 SURGPROC 91-92 SURGNAME 93-94 MEDPRESC 95-96 DOCOUTF 97-98 VAPLACE 99-99 ERICD1X 100-102 (A) ERICD2X 103-105 (A) ERICD3X 106-108 (A) ERPRO1X 109-111 (A) ERCCC1X 112-114 (A) ERCCC2X 115-117 (A) ERCCC3X 118-120 (A) FFERTYPE 121-122 ERXP99X 123-130 (2) ERTC99X 131-138 (2) ERFSF99X 139-145 (2) ERFMR99X 146-152 (2) ERFMD99X 153-159 (2) ERFPV99X 160-167 (2) ERFVA99X 168-174 (2) ERFCH99X 175-180 (2) ERFOF99X 181-186 (2) ERFSL99X 187-193 (2) ERFWC99X 194-200 (2) ERFOR99X 201-206 (2) ERFOU99X 207-212 (2) ERFOT99X 213-219 (2) ERFXP99X 220-227 (2) ERFTC99X 228-235 (2) ERDSF99X 236-242 (2) ERDMR99X 243-249 (2) ERDMD99X 250-256 (2) ERDPV99X 257-264 (2) ERDVA99X 265-270 (2) ERDCH99X 271-276 (2) ERDOF99X 277-280 (2) ERDSL99X 281-285 (2) ERDWC99X 286-292 (2) ERDOR99X 293-299 (2) ERDOU99X 300-305 (2) ERDOT99X 306-311 (2) ERDXP99X 312-319 (2) ERDTC99X 320-327 (2) IMPFLAG 328-328 PERWT99F 329-340 (6) VARPSU99 341-342 VARSTR99 343-345 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' ERR2FLAG 'FLAG FOR PANEL 3 R2 EVENT IN 1999' ERHEVIDX 'ER/HS LINK ID' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' MPCDATA 'MPC DATA FLAG' ERDATEYR 'EVENT DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT)' ERDATEMM 'EVENT DATE - MONTH' ERDATEDD 'EVENT DATE - DAY' SEEDOC 'DID P TALK TO MD THIS VISIT' VSTCTGRY 'BEST CATEGORY FOR CARE P RECV ON VST DT' VSTRELCN 'VISIT RELATED TO CONDITION' LABTEST 'THIS VISIT DID P HAVE LAB TEST' 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 A 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 VACCINATION' ANESTH 'THIS VISIT DID P RECEIVE ANESTHESIA' OTHSVCE 'OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TEST/EXAMS' SURGPROC 'WAS SURG PROC PERFORMED ON P THIS VISIT' SURGNAME 'SURGICAL PROCEDURE NAME IN CATEGORIES' MEDPRESC 'ANY MEDICINES PRESCRIBED FOR P DUR VISIT' DOCOUTF 'DID P SEE ANY DOCTORS OUTSIDE PROVIDER' VAPLACE 'VA FACILITY FLAG' ERICD1X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' ERICD2X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' ERICD3X '3 DIGIT ICD-9 CONDITION CODE' ERPRO1X '2 DIGIT ICD-9 PROCEDURE CODE' ERCCC1X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' ERCCC2X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' ERCCC3X 'MODIFIED CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION CODE' FFERTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' ERXP99X 'TOT EXP FOR EVENT(ERFXP99X + ERDXP99X)' ERTC99X 'TOT CHG FOR EVENT(ERFTC99X + ERDTC99X)' ERFSF99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' ERFMR99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' ERFMD99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' ERFPV99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, PRIV INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFVA99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, VETERANS (IMPUTED)' ERFCH99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, CHAMP/CHAMPVA (IMPUTED)' ERFOF99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' ERFSL99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, STATE/LOC GOV (IMPUTED)' ERFWC99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' ERFOR99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PRIV (IMPUTED)' ERFOU99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH PUB (IMPUTED)' ERFOT99X 'FACILITY AMT PD, OTH INSUR (IMPUTED)' ERFXP99X 'FACILITY SUM PAYMENTS ERFSF99X-ERFOT99X' ERFTC99X 'TOTAL FACILITY CHARGE(IMPUTED)' ERDSF99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,FAMILY(INPUTED)' ERDMR99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICARE(IMPUTED)' ERDMD99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,MEDICAID(IMPUTED)' ERDPV99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,PRIV INSUR(IMPUTED)' ERDVA99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,VETERANS(IMPUTED)' ERDCH99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,CHAMP/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED' ERDOF99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH FEDERAL(IMPUTED)' ERDSL99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,STATE/LOC GOV(IMPUTD)' ERDWC99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,WORKERS COMP(IMPUTED)' ERDOR99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PRIV(IMPUTED)' ERDOU99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH PUB(IMPUTED)' ERDOT99X 'DOCTOR AMT PD,OTH INSUR(IMPUTED)' ERDXP99X 'DOCTOR SUM PAYMENTS ERDSF99X-ERDOT99X' ERDTC99X 'TOTAL DOCTOR CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT99F 'FINAL PERSON LEVEL WEIGHT, 1999' VARPSU99 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU - 1999' VARSTR99 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM - 1999' . VALUE LABELS ANESTH -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / DOCOUTF -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' 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' 0 '0' / DUPERSID '-1' '-1 INAPPLICABLE' '-3' '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' '-7' '-7 REFUSED' '-8' '-8 DK' '-9' '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' '0' '0' / 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' / ERCCC1X '-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' / ERCCC2X '-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' / ERCCC3X '-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' / ERDATEDD -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' / ERDATEMM -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' / ERDATEYR -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' 1999 '1999' / ERDMD99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDMR99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOR99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOT99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDOU99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDPV99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDSF99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDTC99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDVA99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDWC99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERDXP99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFCH99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMD99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFMR99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOF99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOR99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOT99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFOU99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFPV99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSF99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFSL99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFTC99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFVA99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFWC99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERFXP99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERICD1X '-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' / ERICD2X '-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' / ERICD3X '-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' / ERPRO1X '-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' / ERR2FLAG -1 '-1 NO R2 CROSSOVER PROBLEM' 1 '1 PANEL 3 R2 EVENT IN 1999' / ERTC99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / ERXP99X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / EVENTRN 1 '1 ROUND 1' 2 '2 ROUND 2' 3 '3 ROUND 3' 4 '4 ROUND 4' 5 '5 ROUND 5' / FFERTYPE -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' 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' -2 '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' -3 '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' -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' -2 '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' -3 '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' -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' -2 '-2 DETERMINED IN PREVIOUS ROUND' -3 '-3 NO DATA IN ROUND' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / MPCDATA -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' 1 '1 HAS MPC DATA' 2 '2 NO MPC DATA' / MRI -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / OTHSVCE -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / 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' 0 '0' / RCVVAC -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SEEDOC -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SONOGRAM -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' / SURGNAME -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' 1 '1 CLEANING/TREATMT WOUND, INFECTION' 2 '2 STITCHES (WOUND)' 3 '3 SURGICAL SETTING OF BROKEN BONE' 91 '91 OTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE' / SURGPROC -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / VAPLACE -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' 0 '0 NO' 1 '1 YES' / VSTCTGRY -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' 1 '1 DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT' 2 '2 EMERGENCY (ACCIDNT/INJURY)' 3 '3 PSYCHOTHERAPY OR MH COUNSELING' 4 '4 FOLLOW-UP/POST-OPERATIVE VISIT' 5 '5 IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS' 6 '6 MATERNITY CARE (PRE/POSTNATAL)' 91 '91 OTHER' / VSTRELCN -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / XRAYS -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' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' 95 '95 NO SERVICES RECEIVED' . 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