This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). The Home Health File contains household-reported information on home health visits including the type of provider, type of services received, length of the visit, reason for the visit, expenditures, and sources of payment. Released as an ASCII file with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on home health care for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of the utilizations and expenditures associated with home health care during the 2009 calendar year. This file consists of 2009 data obtained in the 2009 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 13, as well as rounds 1, 2, and the 2009 portion of round 3 for Panel 14 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2009). Update Notes
The earlier release of the 2009 Preliminary Home Health File has been replaced and updated by the 2009 Final Home Health File to include the following variables: HHMD09X HHMR09X HHOF09X HHOR09X HHOT09X HHOU09X HHPV09X HHSF09X HHSL09X HHTC09X HHTR09X HHVA09X HHWC09X HHXP09X IMPFLAG.
*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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