This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements and in SAS transport format, the Outpatient Visits File provides detailed information on outpatient visits. Data are gathered from a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of outpatient utilizations and expenditures for calendar year 2009. Each record represents one, household-reported, outpatient visit reported during 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). The Outpatient Visits Public Use Data File contains characteristics associated with the outpatient visit such as the date of the visit, whether or not a doctor was seen, type of care received , type of services provided , expenditures, and sources of payment. Update Notes
The earlier release of the 2009 Preliminary Outpatient Visits File has been replaced and updated by the 2009 Final Outpatient Visits File to include the following variables: FFBEF09 FFEEIDX FFOPTYPE FFTOT10 IMPFLAG MPCDATA OPDMD09X OPDMR09X OPDOF09X OPDOR09X OPDOT09X OPDOU09X OPDPV09X OPDSF09X OPDSL09X OPDTC09X OPDTR09X OPDVA09X OPDWC09X OPDXP09X OPFMD09X OPFMR09X OPFOF09X OPFOR09X OPFOT09X OPFOU09X OPFPV09X OPFSF09X OPFSL09X OPFTC09X OPFTR09X OPFVA09X OPFWC09X OPFXP09X OPTC09X OPXP09X
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