This CD-ROM contains the following MEPS Household Component (HC) public use files released by AHRQ for calendar year 1998: the 1998 Full Year Consolidated Data File (HC-028); the 1998 Event Files (HC-026A through HC-026I); the 1998 Medical Conditions File (HC-027); the 1998 Jobs File (HC-025). For each of these releases, the following files are included: a README file, data file(s) in ASCII and SAS Transport format, documentation and codebook(s), and a file containing SAS programming statements and sample code for SAS users.
Also included are these additional files: the data collection instrument for the MEPS Rounds 1-5 Household Component; matrix files containing a summary of all data items on 1998 MEPS HC files; and self-executable software for use with portable document formatted (PDF) files.
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