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MEPS H26DF1 CODEBOOK

1998 HOSPITAL INPATIENT STAYS FILE

DATE: August 19, 2005

Variable Name:	FFBEF98
Description:	TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 1998
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	121
End:	122

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	9	100,234
-1 INAPPLICABLE	2,569	26,595,990
0 NO FLAT FEE VISITS PRIOR TO 1998	11	128,246
TOTAL	2,589	26,824,470

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