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MEPS HC-208 CODEBOOK
2018 PERSON ROUND PLAN FILE
DATE: July 9, 2020

Name
Start
End
Description
NAMECHNG
345   
346   
Plan name change
UPRHMO
342   
344   
HMO coverage (edited)
HSAACCT
340   
341   
HSA with this plan
ANNDEDCT
337   
339   
Annual deductible
PREMSUBZ
335   
336   
Cost of the premium subsidized
PREMLEVX
332   
334   
Portion of premium paid by family (edited)
OOPFLAG
330   
331   
OOPPREMX edit/imputation flag
OOPX12X
322   
329   
Annual out-of-pocket premium (edited/imputed)
OOPPREMX
315   
321   
Monthly out-of-pocket premium (edited/imputed)
OOPPREM
307   
314   
Monthly out-of-pocket premium
OOPELIG
306   
306   
Policyholder-insurance source has premium
COVTYPIN
305   
305   
Single or family health insurance coverage plan
PLANMETL
303   
304   
Plan metal level
COBRA
300   
302   
COBRA coverage
PMEDINS
298   
299   
Type health insurance received: prescription drug
VISIONIN
296   
297   
Type health insurance received: vision
DENTLINS
294   
295   
Type health insurance received: dental
MSUPINSX
292   
293   
Type health insurance received: Medigap (edited)
HOSPINSX
290   
291   
Type health insurance received: hospital phys/HMO (edited)
PRIVCAT
288   
289   
Category of private coverage (prior to 2018)
PrivateCat
286   
287   
Category of private coverage
STSHOP
284   
285   
Small business establishment-related health ins
STEXCH
282   
283   
State exchange coverage
TYPEFLAG
280   
281   
Type of insurance source
COVROUT_M18
278   
279   
Policy covers person not in RU
NOPUFLG
277   
277   
Policyholder not in full year or point-in-time files
OUTPHLDR
276   
276   
Out-of-RU policyholder flag
DECPHLDR
275   
275   
Deceased policyholder flag
STATUS24
273   
274   
Insurance active in month 24
STATUS23
271   
272   
Insurance active in month 23
STATUS22
269   
270   
Insurance active in month 22
STATUS21
267   
268   
Insurance active in month 21
STATUS20
265   
266   
Insurance active in month 20
STATUS19
263   
264   
Insurance active in month 19
STATUS18
261   
262   
Insurance active in month 18
STATUS17
259   
260   
Insurance active in month 17
STATUS16
257   
258   
Insurance active in month 16
STATUS15
255   
256   
Insurance active in month 15
STATUS14
253   
254   
Insurance active in month 14
STATUS13
251   
252   
Insurance active in month 13
STATUS12
249   
250   
Insurance active in month 12
STATUS11
247   
248   
Insurance active in month 11
STATUS10
245   
246   
Insurance active in month 10
STATUS9
243   
244   
Insurance active in month 9
STATUS8
241   
242   
Insurance active in month 8
STATUS7
239   
240   
Insurance active in month 7
STATUS6
237   
238   
Insurance active in month 6
STATUS5
235   
236   
Insurance active in month 5
STATUS4
233   
234   
Insurance active in month 4
STATUS3
231   
232   
Insurance active in month 3
STATUS2
229   
230   
Insurance active in month 2
STATUS1
227   
228   
Insurance active in month 1
EVALCOVR
225   
226   
Covered at interview or December 31st
PHLDRCHNG
223   
224   
Change to PHLDRIDX on reviewed coverage
DEPNDNT
222   
222   
Dependent of policy holder flag
PHOLDER
221   
221   
Policy holder flag
EMPLSTAT
218   
220   
Policyholder employment status
CMJINS
216   
217   
Current main job is the source of plan
FYFLG
215   
215   
Person in full year file
PITFLG
214   
214   
Person in point-in-time file
JOBSFILE
211   
213   
Jobs file containing job information
JOBSINFR
209   
210   
Job identifier inferred not reported
JOBSIDX
195   
208   
Policyholder job-round identifier
RN
194   
194   
Round number
PANEL
192   
193   
Panel number
JOBSIDX_17
181   
191   
2017 PRPL file JOBSIDX
EPRSIDX_17
161   
180   
2017 PRPL file EPRSIDX
ESTBIDX_17
150   
160   
2017 PRPL file ESTBIDX
PHLDRIDX_17
142   
149   
2017 PRPL file PHLDRIDX
DUPERSID_17
134   
141   
2017 PRPL file DUPERSID
EPCPIDX_17
106   
133   
2017 PRPL file EPCPIDX
InsurPrivIDEX
92   
105   
Unique insurance source-insurance identifier
EPRSIDX
67   
91   
Unique Insurance Policy-Source
ESTBIDX
56   
66   
Insurance source identifier
PHLDRIDX
46   
55   
Policyholder person identifier
DUPERSID
36   
45   
Person identifier
EPCPIDX
1   
35   
Insurance source-phldr-dependent identifier
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