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MEPS HC-068: Multum Lexicon Addendum Files to MEPS Prescribed Medicines Files 1996-2013

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Release date: February 2018

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This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains 18 Multum Lexicon Addendum files which correspond to the years 1996-2013. Each of these files (H68F1-H68F18) can be linked to the corresponding 1996-2013 MEPS Prescribed Medicines file (MEPS releases HC-010A through HC-160A). These files are released as ASCII files with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements, and in SAS Transport format. National estimates can not be made directly from the Multum Lexicon Addendum files. The Multum Lexicon Addendum files need to be linked to MEPS full year files and estimates involving the Multum Lexicon variables requires users to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the Multum Lexicon Addendum files. The Multum Lexicon variables on these files are derived from the Multum Lexicon database at Cerner Multum, Inc. For additional information on these and other Multum Lexicon variables, as well as the Multum Lexicon database at Cerner Multum, Inc., please refer to the Multum.com web site for further information.

⚠ A problem was discovered with the linking between the MEPS Prescribed Medicines files and the Cerner Multum file that resulted in some incorrect therapeutic classes being assigned. The Multum Lexicon Addendum files (HC-068) contain the corrected therapeutic classes. Analysts should use caution when using the Cerner Multum therapeutic class variables for analysis and should always check for accuracy, because the Multum classification has been changed by the addition of new classes and subclasses, and by changes in the hierarchy of classes. See the documentation for the Multum Lexicon Addendum files for examples.

The Multum Lexicon Addendum files (HC-068) also contain an additional variable not in the 1996 through 2012 MEPS Prescribed Medicines files: the generic name of the drug most commonly used by prescribing physicians.

Update notes

Documentation

File type

Documentation	PDF (188 KB) / HTML
Codebook File 1 (1996)	PDF (49 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 2 (1997)	PDF (50 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 3 (1998)	PDF (50 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 4 (1999)	PDF (50 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 5 (2000)	PDF (50 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 6 (2001)	PDF (50 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 7 (2002)	PDF (51 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 8 (2003)	PDF (52 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 9 (2004)	PDF (52 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 10 (2005)	PDF (54 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 11 (2006)	PDF (54 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 12 (2007)	PDF (54 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 13 (2008)	PDF (55 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 14 (2009)	PDF (56 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 15 (2010)	PDF (56 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 16 (2011)	PDF (55 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 17 (2012)	PDF (56 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 18 (2013)	PDF (53 KB) / HTML*
SAS Programming Statements File 1 (1996)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 2 (1997)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 3 (1998)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 4 (1999)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 5 (2000)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 6 (2001)	TXT (39 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 7 (2002)	TXT (40 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 8 (2003)	TXT (40 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 9 (2004)	TXT (41 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 10 (2005)	TXT (42 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 11 (2006)	TXT (43 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 12 (2007)	TXT (44 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 13 (2008)	TXT (45 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 14 (2009)	TXT (46 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 15 (2010)	TXT (46 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 16 (2011)	TXT (46 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 17 (2012)	TXT (46 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 18 (2013)	TXT (47 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 1 (1996)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 2 (1997)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 3 (1998)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 4 (1999)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 5 (2000)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 6 (2001)	TXT (150 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 7 (2002)	TXT (172 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 8 (2003)	TXT (178 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 9 (2004)	TXT (184 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 10 (2005)	TXT (238 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 11 (2006)	TXT (247 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 12 (2007)	TXT (244 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 13 (2008)	TXT (268 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 14 (2009)	TXT (294 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 15 (2010)	TXT (300 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 16 (2011)	TXT (304 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 17 (2012)	TXT (305 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 18 (2013)	TXT (319 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 1 (1996)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 2 (1997)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 3 (1998)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 4 (1999)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 5 (2000)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 6 (2001)	TXT (152 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 7 (2002)	TXT (174 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 8 (2003)	TXT (180 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 9 (2004)	TXT (187 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 10 (2005)	TXT (241 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 11 (2006)	TXT (250 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 12 (2007)	TXT (247 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 13 (2008)	TXT (271 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 14 (2009)	TXT (296 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 15 (2010)	TXT (302 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 16 (2011)	TXT (307 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 17 (2012)	TXT (308 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 18 (2013)	TXT (321 KB)

Data	File type**

Data File 1, ASCII format (1996)

ZIP (1.0 MB) / EXE (672 KB)

Data File 2, ASCII format (1997)

ZIP (1.6 MB) / EXE (989 KB)

Data File 3, ASCII format (1998)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (763 KB)

Data File 4, ASCII format (1999)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (775 KB)

Data File 5, ASCII format (2000)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (802 KB)

Data File 6, ASCII format (2001)

ZIP (1.8 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 7, ASCII format (2002)

ZIP (2.3 MB) / EXE (1.3 MB)

Data File 8, ASCII format (2003)

ZIP (2.0 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 9, ASCII format (2004)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 10, ASCII format (2005)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 11, ASCII format (2006)

ZIP (2.2 MB) / EXE (1.3 MB)

Data File 12, ASCII format (2007)

ZIP (1.9 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 13, ASCII format (2008)

ZIP (1.8 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 14, ASCII format (2009)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 15, ASCII format (2010)

ZIP (1.8 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 16, ASCII format (2011)

ZIP (1.9 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 17, ASCII format (2012)

ZIP (2.0 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 18, ASCII format (2013)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 1, SAS transport format (1996)

ZIP (1.0 MB) / EXE (715 KB)

Data File 2, SAS transport format (1997)

ZIP (1.6 MB) / EXE (962 KB)

Data File 3, SAS transport format (1998)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (743 KB)

Data File 4, SAS transport format (1999)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (755 KB)

Data File 5, SAS transport format (2000)

ZIP (1.2 MB) / EXE (781 KB)

Data File 6, SAS transport format (2001)

ZIP (1.8 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 7, SAS transport format (2002)

ZIP (2.2 MB) / EXE (1.3 MB)

Data File 8, SAS transport format (2003)

ZIP (2.0 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 9, SAS transport format (2004)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 10, SAS transport format (2005)

ZIP (2.2 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 11, SAS transport format (2006)

ZIP (2.3 MB) / EXE (1.3 MB)

Data File 12, SAS transport format (2007)

ZIP (2.0 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 13, SAS transport format (2008)

ZIP (1.9 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 14, SAS transport format (2009)

ZIP (2.2 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 15, SAS transport format (2010)

ZIP (1.9 MB) / EXE (1.1 MB)

Data File 16, SAS transport format (2011)

ZIP (2.0 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 17, SAS transport format (2012)

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Data File 18, SAS transport format (2013)

ZIP (2.2 MB) / EXE (1.2 MB)

Questionnaires — see Survey Questionnaires
The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable. *Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.

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