Event Roster (EV) SectionNovember 14, 2017 MEPS P21R5/P22R3/P23R1 NOTE: The MEPS instrument design changed beginning in Spring of 2018, affecting Panel 23 Round 1, Panel 22 Round 3, and Panel 21 Round 5, and affected the 2017 MEPS data files. The MEPS website releases the consolidated CAPI survey instruments each year for the Rounds 1 through 3 for the first year panel and Rounds 3 through 5 for the second year panel to accompany data releases. For the Full-Year 2017 PUFs, the Panel 22 Round 3 and Panel 21 Round 5 data were transformed to the degree possible to conform to the previous year (2016) design. For this reason, we are releasing 2016 CAPI survey instruments, updated to reflect 2017 dates, and users should note that not all changes to the instrument administered in the Spring of 2018 will be reflected in these documents. BOX_00
CONTEXT HEADER DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY PERS.FULLNAME, PROV.DRFNAM, PROV.LORPNAME (IF EVNT.PROVNUM ^= -1), EVNT.EVNTTYPE (IF SET), EVNT.EVNTBEGM,D (EVNTBEGM ONLY FOR HH), (PRND.BEGREFMM, DD FOR OM), EVNT.EVNTENDM, D (IF EVNT = HS), (PRND.ENDREFMM, DD FOR OM). BOX_01 IF COMING FROM WITHIN PERSON LOOP IN PROVIDER PROBES, CODE EV01 AUTOMATICALLY BY CAPI WITH THE CORRECT PERSON NAME AND GO TO EV02 OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH EV01 EV01 INTERVIEWER: SELECT CORRECT PERSON FOR THIS EVENT.
ROSTER DETAILS: TITLE: RU_MEMBERS_SELECTONE COL # 1 HEADER: PERSON-TYPE-PROVIDER INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY RU MEMBERS’ FIRST, MIDDLE, AND LAST NAMES (PERS.FULLNAME)
ROSTER DEFINITION: THIS ITEM DISPLAYS THE RU-MEMBERS-ROSTER FOR SELECTION OF RU MEMBERS.
ROSTER BEHAVIOR: 1. SELECT ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER MAY SELECT ONE FROM THE LISTED MEMBERS. 2. MULTIPLE SELECT DISALLOWED. 3. ADD, DELETE, AND EDIT DISALLOWED.
ROSTER FILTER: NONE. DISPLAY ALL. EV02
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY ‘EV-1A’ IF ROUND 1, 2, OR 4. DISPLAY ‘EV-1B’ IF ROUND 3 OR 5.
IF ROUNDS 3 OR 5 AND EV02 IS CODED ‘OM’, GO TO EV02A
IF ROUNDS 1, 2, OR 4 AND EV02 IS CODED ‘OM’, GO TO EV03 BOX_02
ASK PROVIDER ROSTER (PV) SECTION FOR THIS EVENT
AT COMPLETION OF THE PV SECTION, GO TO BOX_03 EV02A {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} EV03
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} {STR-DT}
IF CODED ‘2’ (INSULIN), ADD ‘INSULIN’ TO PERSON’S-PRESCRIBED-MEDICINES-ROSTER, CREATING NECESSARY RECORDS FOR INSULIN.
IF CODED ‘3’ (OTHER DIABETIC EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES), ADD ‘OTHER DIABETIC EQUIP/SUPPLIES’ TO PERSON’S-PRESCRIBED-MEDICINES-ROSTER, CREATING NECESSARY RECORDS FOR ‘OTHER DIABETIC EQUIP/ SUPPLIES’. EV03A
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} JAN 01
(FOR SPECIFICATIONS ONLY, ‘YEAR’ IN PROGRAM IS HARD-CODED.) IF ROUND 3, DISPLAY FIRST YEAR OF PANEL FOR {YEAR}. IF ROUND 5, DISPLAY SECOND YEAR OF PANEL FOR {YEAR}.
IF CODED ‘91’ (OTHER) ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER CODES, CONTINUE WITH EV03AOV
OTHERWISE, GO TO BOX_06 EV03AOV
OTHER GROUPING OF OTHER MEDICAL EXPENSES: BOX_03
IF EVENT TYPE IS HS OR IC, CONTINUE WITH EV04
OTHERWISE, GO TO EV05 EV04
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
DISPLAY ‘OR RELEASED IN {YEAR}’ IF ROUND 5, WHERE ‘YEAR’ IS THE CALENDAR YEAR SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PANEL. OTHERWISE, USE A NULL DISPLAY.
DISPLAY A RADIO BUTTON ON THE DATE ENTRY SCREEN LABELED ‘CHECK IF STILL IN PROVIDER {OR RELEASED IN {YEAR}}’. ALLOW RF AND DK FOR THE DAY AND YEAR BUT NOT FOR THE MONTH. HARD CHECK: EDIT CHECK: IN ROUND 1 ONLY, ALLOW AN ADMIT DATE ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE RU MEMBER’S REFERENCE PERIOD START DATE.
GO TO BOX_06
ROSTER DETAILS: TITLE: PERS_EVNT_ADD_1 COL # 1 HEADER: ADMIT DATE INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY EVENT BEGIN DATE (EVNT.EVNTBEGM, EVNT.EVNTBEGD, EVNT.EVNTBEGY) COL # 2 HEADER: DISCHARGE DATE INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY EVENT END DATE (EVNT.EVNTENDM, EVNT.EVNTENDD, EVNT.EVNTENDY)
ROSTER DEFINITION: THIS ITEM DISPLAYS THE PERSON’S-MEDICAL-EVENTS- ROSTER FOR ADDING BEGIN AND END DATES.
ROSTER BEHAVIOR: 1. EDIT AND SELECT DISALLOWED. 2. MULTIPLE ADD ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER SHOULD RECORD THE EVENT BEGIN AND END DATES. 3. LIMITED DELETE ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER CAN DELETE AN EVENT THAT WAS ENTERED ON THE SCREEN WHERE DELETE IS USED. THAT IS, AS LONG AS THE INTERVIEWER HAS NOT LEFT THE SCREEN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELETE AN EVENT ENTERED IN ERROR.
ROSTER FILTER: DISPLAY NO EVENTS ON ROSTER INITIALLY. THIS SCREEN RELATES TO HS AND IC EVENT TYPES (EVNT.EVNTTYPE) ONLY. EV05 {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
[Enter Month,Day,Year-4] [Enter Month,Day,Year-4] [Enter Month,Day,Year-4]
DISPLAY ‘ADD EVENT DATE’, ‘EDIT EVENT DATE’, AND
‘DELETE EVENT DATE’ BUTTONS ON THIS SCREEN.
ALLOW RF AND DK FOR THE DAY AND YEAR BUT NOT FOR
THE MONTH.
GO TO BOX_06
ROSTER DETAILS: TITLE: PERS_EVNT_ADD_2 COL # 1 HEADER: EVENT DATE INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY EVENT BEGIN DATE (EVNT.EVNTBEGM, EVNT.EVNTBEGD, EVNT.EVNTBEGY)
ROSTER DEFINITION: THIS ITEM DISPLAYS PERSON’S- MEDICAL-EVENTS-ROSTER FOR ADDING EVENT BEGIN DATES.
ROSTER BEHAVIOR: THIS ITEM CAN COLLECT ONLY THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE THE SAME PROVIDER, PERSON, AND EVENT TYPE AS THE EVENT BEING ASKED ABOUT. 1. SELECT DISALLOWED. 2. MULTIPLE ADD ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER SHOULD RECORD THE EVENT BEGIN DATES. 3. LIMITED DELETE ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER CAN DELETE AN EVENT THAT WAS ENTERED ON THE SCREEN WHERE DELETE IS USED. THAT IS, AS LONG AS THE INTERVIEWER HAS NOT LEFT THE SCREEN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELETE AN EVENT ENTERED IN ERROR. 4. LIMITED EDIT ALLOWED. INTERVIEWER CAN EDIT AN EVENT THAT WAS ENTERED ON THE SCREEN WHERE EDIT IS USED. THAT IS, AS LONG AS THE INTERVIEWER HAS NOT LEFT THE SCREEN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO EDIT AN EVENT.
ROSTER FILTER: DISPLAY NO EVENTS ON ROSTER INITIALLY. EV06 {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} {STR-DT}
IF CODED ‘5’ (VOLUNTEERED: MEAL DELIVERY SERVICE), DO NOT CREATE AN EVENT RECORD. EV06A {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} {STR-DT} EV07
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} {STR-DT} EV07OV1
CODE RELATIONSHIPS OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELATIVES
WHO
FOR SPECIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY: CAPI DOES NOT ALLOW ‘RF’ OR ‘DK’ IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER CODE.
IF EV07OV1 IS CODED ‘91’ (OTHER) ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER CODES, CONTINUE WITH EV07OV2 OTHERWISE, GO TO EV08 EV07OV2
SPECIFY: EV08
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {EV} {STR-DT}
DISPLAY ‘friends or neighbors’ IF EV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (FRIEND/NEIGHBOR). DISPLAY ‘volunteers’ IF EV06 IS CODED ‘3’ (VOLUNTEER). DISPLAY ‘relatives, other than daughters, daughters-in-law, sons, and sons-in-law’ IF EV07 IS CODED ‘5’ (OTHER-RELATIVE).
IF EV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (FRIEND/NEIGHBOR): - ADD ‘FRIEND/NEIGHBOR’ TO THE RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER, PERSON-TYPE- PROVIDER NAME COLUMN. NO ADDRESS INFORMATION IS NECESSARY. - FLAG PROVIDER AS ‘INFORMAL’ FOR PROV.HHTYPE.
IF EV06 IS CODED ‘3’ (VOLUNTEER): - ADD ‘VOLUNTEER’ TO THE RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER, PERSON-TYPE- PROVIDER NAME COLUMN. NO ADDRESS INFORMATION IS NECESSARY. - FLAG PROVIDER AS ‘INFORMAL’ FOR PROV.HHTYPE.
IF EV07 IS CODED ‘5’ (OTHER RELATIVE): - ADD ‘OTHER RELATIVE’ TO THE RU-MEDICAL-PROVIDERS-ROSTER, PERSON-TYPE- PROVIDER NAME COLUMN. NO ADDRESS INFORMATION IS NECESSARY. - FLAG PROVIDER AS ‘INFORMAL’. BOX_04
ASK PROVIDER ROSTER (PV) SECTION FOR THIS EVENT
AT COMPLETION OF THE PV SECTION, CONTINUE WITH BOX_05 BOX_05
IF EV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (FRIEND/NEIGHBOR) OR ‘3’ (VOLUNTEER) AND ROUND 1, GO TO EV12
IF EV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (FRIEND/NEIGHBOR) OR ‘3’ (VOLUNTEER) AND NOT ROUND 1, GO TO EV13
IF EV06 IS CODED ‘2’ (RELATIVE), FLAG PROVIDER JUST COLLECTED IN PV SECTION AS ‘INFORMAL’ FOR PROV.HHTYPE AND GO TO EV13
IF EV06A IS CODED ‘2’ (WORKED FOR SELF), ‘-7’ (REFUSED), OR ‘-8’ (DON’T KNOW), FLAG PROVIDER JUST COLLECTED IN PV SECTION AS ‘PAID INDEPENDENT’ FOR PROV.HHTYPE AND GO TO EV10
IF EV06A IS CODED ‘1’ (WORKED FOR AGENCY, HOSPITAL, OR NURSING HOME), FLAG PROVIDER JUST COLLECTED IN PV SECTION AS ‘AGENCY’ FOR PROV.HHTYPE AND CONTINUE WITH EV09 EV09
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
IF ROUND 1, GO TO EV12
OTHERWISE, GO TO EV13 EV10
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
IF EV10 NOT CODED ‘3’ (HEALTH PROFESSIONAL), OR ‘91’ (OTHER), AND ROUND 1, GO TO EV12 OTHERWISE, GO TO EV13 EV10OV
SPECIFY:
IF ROUND 1, GO TO EV12
OTHERWISE, GO TO EV13 EV11
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
IF EV11 NOT CODED ‘91’ (OTHER), AND ROUND 1, GO TO EV12
IF EV11 NOT CODED ‘91’ (OTHER), AND ROUNDS 2-5, GO TO EV13 EV11OV
SPECIFY:
IF ROUND 1, CONTINUE WITH EV12
OTHERWISE, GO TO EV13 EV12
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE
DISPLAY ‘someone from’ IF PROVIDER IS A FACILITY. OTHERWISE, USE A NULL DISPLAY.
IF PROVIDER BEING ASKED ABOUT IS NOT FLAGGED AS ‘INFORMAL’ AT EV08, DISPLAY ACTUAL PROVIDER NAME FOR ‘{PROVIDER}’. IF PROVIDER BEING ASKED ABOUT IS FLAGGED AS ‘INFORMAL’ AT EV08, DISPLAY ‘friends or neighbors/volunteers/relatives, other than daughters, daughters-in-law, sons, and sons-in-law’. DISPLAY ‘friends or neighbors’ IF IF EV06 IS CODED ‘1’ (FRIEND/NEIGHBOR). DISPLAY ‘volunteers’ IF EV06 IS CODED ‘3’ (VOLUNTEER). DISPLAY ‘relatives, other than daughters, daughters-in-law, sons, and sons-in-law’ IF EV07 IS CODED ‘5’ (OTHER-RELATIVE).
(FOR SPECIFICATIONS PURPOSES ONLY; CAPI HANDLES AUTOMATICALLY): ‘YEAR’ IN QUESTION TEXT IS FIRST CALENDAR YEAR OF PANEL. EV13
{PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} {NAME OF MEDICAL
CARE EV13_01 {MONTH} 1 2 -7 -8 EV13_02 {MONTH} 1 2 -7 -8 EV13_03 {MONTH} 1 2 -7 -8 EV13_04 {MONTH} 1 2 -7 -8
DISPLAY FIRST PARAGRAPH IF A HOME HEALTH EVENT FOR THE MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS ROUND’S INTERVIEW FOR THIS PERSON-PROVIDER PAIR WAS CREATED DURING THE PREVIOUS ROUND. (HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT.) OTHERWISE, USE A NULL DISPLAY. DISPLAY THE MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS ROUND’S INTERVIEW DATE FOR ‘{PRV RD INTV MTH}’. DISPLAY ‘someone from’ IF PROVIDER IS A FACILITY. OTHERWISE, USE A NULL DISPLAY.
EV13 SCREEN DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS: 1. THE NUMBER AND NAMES OF THE MONTHS LISTED ARE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF MONTHS BETWEEN THE MONTH OF THE START DATE AND THE MONTH OF THE END DATE FOR THIS PERSON. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE START DATE IS JANUARY 1 AND THE END DATE IS APRIL 10 FOR THIS PERSON’S REFERENCE PERIOD, ‘JANUARY’, ‘FEBRUARY’, ‘MARCH’, AND ‘APRIL’ ARE DISPLAYED. THAT IS, THE MONTHS ARE ALL THE MONTHS OF THE PERSON’S REFERENCE PERIOD. 2. ‘-7’ (REFUSED) AND ‘-8’ (DON’T KNOW) ARE ALLOWED FOR EV13_01, EV13_02, EV13_03, AND EV13_04. HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE TREATED AS A ‘NO’ WHEN CREATING EVENTS. 3. THE MONTHS ARE DISPLAYED IN GRID FORMAT WITH YES/NO/DK/RF RADIO BUTTONS. 4. EV13 HAS TO ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST 10 MONTHS. 5. A SEAM MONTH WILL BE ASKED ONLY ONE HOME HEALTH UTILIZATION SECTION WHENEVER IT RECEIVES (OR RECEIVED) A CODE OF ‘1’ (YES) IN EITHER THE CURRENT ROUND OR THE PREVIOUS ROUND. MESSAGE: IF CURRENT INTERVIEW MONTH IS CODED ‘1’ (YES), DISPLAY THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE: “HOME HEALTH UTILIZATION SEC FOR {INT MONTH} WILL NOT BE ASKED UNTIL NEXT ROUND.” EACH MONTH CODED ‘1’ (YES) BECOMES A SEPARATE HOME HEALTH EVENT FOR THIS PERSON-PROVIDER PAIR. HOWEVER, IF THE CURRENT INTERVIEW MONTH IS CODED ‘1’ (YES), IT WILL NOT BE ASKED ABOUT UNTIL THE NEXT ROUND. IF THE MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS ROUND’S INTERVIEW DATE IS CODED ‘1’ (YES), IT IS ASKED ONE TIME. THAT IS, IT IS NOT A SEPARATE EVENT FOR BOTH THE PREVIOUS ROUND AND THIS ROUND, IT IS ONLY ONE EVENT.
HARD CHECK: EDIT: CAPI REQUIRES A RESPONSE FOR EACH MONTH DISPLAYED. ALL MONTHS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD CANNOT BE CODED ‘2’ (NO), ‘-7’ (REFUSED), OR ‘-8’ (DON’T KNOW). IF ALL ARE, WVS ERROR HANDLER WILL FORCE THE INTERVIEWER TO RECTIFY THE DATA. BOX_06
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