Quality (Priority Conditions) Supplement (PC) 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_00A
THE PC SECTION IS ASKED IN ROUNDS 1, 3 AND 5 ONLY. IF IT IS ROUND 2 OR 4, CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SECTION. BOX_00
CONTEXT HEADER DISPLAY INSTRUCTIONS: DISPLAY PERS.FULLNAME BOX_01
NOTE: CURRENTLY THE QUALITY SUPPLEMENT CONTAINS QUESTIONS FOR PERSONS FOR WHOM DIABETES OR ASTHMA WAS REPORTED IN THE PRIORITY CONDITION ENUMERATION (PE) SECTION DURING ROUNDS 3 AND 5. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CANCER SAQ OCCURS DURING ROUNDS 1 AND 3. OTHER QUALITY QUESTIONS ARE LOCATED IN THE PREVENTIVE CARE (AP) SECTION. HOWEVER, THE QUALITY SECTION COULD INCLUDE QUESTIONS FOR THE OTHER PRIORITY CONDITIONS AS THEY ARE NEEDED IN FUTURE PANELS. BOX_02
IF ROUNDS 3 OR 5 AND PERSON IS => 18 YEARS OF AGE OR IN AGE CATEGORIES 4-9 AND IF PERSON IS A KEY RU MEMBER AND IF ‘DIABETES’ ON PERSON’S-MEDICAL- CONDITIONS-ROSTER AND FLAGGED AS CREATED IN THE PE SECTION (IN ANY ROUND), CONTINUE WITH BOX_03
OTHERWISE, GO TO BOX_04 BOX_03
IF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT IS FLAGGED AS ‘DECEASED’ FOR THE CURRENT ROUND, GO TO BOX_04
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH PC02A PC02A {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY ‘During an earlier interview, it’ IF DIABETES WAS NOT CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND. DISPLAY ‘It’ IF DIABETES CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND.
DISPLAY ‘NOT’ IN BOLD IN THE ANSWER TEXT. IF ‘PERSON DOES NOT HAVE DIABETES’ IS SELECTED, THIS DOES NOT RE-SET THE DATA FROM THE PE SECTION (PRND.PCDIABET). THE RESPONSE TO PC02A WILL DETERMINE WHETHER PC03 IS ASKED AND WHETHER THERE IS DCS FOLLOW-UP FOR THIS PERSON IN THE CL SECTION PC03 {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY PID OF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘PID’. DISPLAY DATE OF BIRTH FOR PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘MM/DD/YYYY’. DISPLAY THE RU ID FOR THE CURRENT CASE FOR ‘RUID-7’. DISPLAY ‘CURRENT’ IF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT IS A CURRENT RU MEMBER AND IS NOT DECEASED OR INSTITUTIONALIZED. DISPLAY ‘INSTITUTIONALIZED’ IF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT IS FLAGGED AS ‘INSTITUTIONALIZED’ FOR THE CURRENT ROUND.
FLAG ALL PERSONS WHO ARE ASKED PC03 FOR DCS FOLLOW-UP IN THE CLOSING (CL) SECTION. PC03OV1 {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
THIS ITEM IS A SEPARATE SCREEN RATHER THAN AN OVERLAY AS IMPLIED BY THE ITEM NAME. PC03OV2 SPECIFY OTHER REASON FOR PROXY DCS. PC03A {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY ‘SELF’ AND ‘{you/{PERSON}}’ IF PC03 IS CODED '1' (SELF). DISPLAY ‘PROXY’ AND ‘you or someone else in the family’ IF PC03 IS CODED '2' (PROXY)
DISPLAY PID OF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘PID’. DISPLAY DATE OF BIRTH FOR PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘MM/DD/YYYY’. DISPLAY THE RU ID FOR THE CURRENT CASE FOR ‘RUID-7’. BOX_04
IF PANEL 22 ROUND 1 OR PANEL 21 ROUND 3, CONTINUE WITH BOX_05
OTHERWISE, GO TO BOX_07
NOTE: THE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION OF THE CANCER SAQ OCCURS ONLY DURING PANEL 16 ROUND 3, PANEL 15 ROUND 5, PANEL 21 ROUND 1, PANEL 20 ROUND 3, PANEL 22 ROUND 1, AND PANEL 21 ROUND 3 (BUT ONLY FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED CANCER). BOX_05
IF PERSON IS => 18 YEARS OF AGE OR IN AGE CATEGORIES 4-9 AND IF PERSON IS A KEY RU MEMBER AND ‘CANCER – {ANY TYPE}’ (CODED AT PE22 OR PE22OV) ON PERSON’S-MEDICAL-CONDITIONS-ROSTER AND FLAGGED AS CREATED IN THE PE SECTION (IN ROUND 1 IF PANEL 22 OR IN ROUNDS 2 OR 3 IF PANEL 21), CONTINUE WITH BOX_06
OTHERWISE, GO TO BOX_07 BOX_06
IF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT IS FLAGGED AS ‘DECEASED’ OR ‘INSTITUTIONALIZED’ FOR THE CURRENT ROUND, GO TO BOX_07
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH PC04 PC04 {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY ‘During an earlier interview, it’ IF CANCER WAS NOT CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND. DISPLAY ‘It’ IF CANCER WAS CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND.
DISPLAY ‘(have/has)’ AND ‘DOES’ IF PE25 IS CODED ‘2’ (NO) FOR THIS PERSON FOR AT LEAST ONE CANCER TYPE. OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘had’ AND ‘DID’.
DISPLAY ‘PERSON’ IN PURPLE IN THE ANSWER TEXT. DISPLAY ‘NOT’ IN BOLD IN THE ANSWER TEXT. IF ‘PERSON DOES NOT HAVE CANCER’ IS SELECTED, THIS DOES NOT RE-SET THE DATA FROM THE PE SECTION (PRND.CANCERML). THE RESPONSE TO PC04 WILL DETERMINE WHETHER PC04A IS ASKED AND WHETHER THERE IS CANCER SAQ FOLLOW-UP FOR THIS PERSON IN THE CL SECTION.
NOTE: THE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION OF THE CANCER SAQ OCCURS ONLY DURING PANEL 16 ROUND 3, PANEL 15 ROUND 5, PANEL 21 ROUND 1, PANEL 20 ROUND 3, PANEL 22 ROUND 1, AND PANEL 21 ROUND 3 (BUT ONLY FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED CANCER). PC04A {PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY DATE OF BIRTH FOR PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘MM/DD/YYYY’. DISPLAY PID OF PERSON BEING ASKED ABOUT FOR ‘PID’. DISPLAY THE RU ID FOR THE CURRENT CASE FOR ‘RUID-7’.
FLAG ALL PERSONS WHO ARE ASKED PC04A FOR CANCER SAQ FOLLOW-UP IN THE CLOSING (CL) SECTION.
CONTINUE WITH BOX_07
NOTE: THE DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION OF THE CANCER SAQ OCCURS ONLY DURING PANEL 16 ROUND 3, PANEL 15 ROUND 5, PANEL 21 ROUND 1, PANEL 20 ROUND 3, PANEL 22 ROUND 1, AND PANEL 21 ROUND 3 (BUT ONLY FOR NEWLY IDENTIFIED CANCER). BOX_07
IF ROUNDS 3 OR 5 AND ‘ASTHMA’ ON PERSON’S-MEDICAL- CONDITIONS-ROSTER, AND FLAGGED AS CREATED IN THE PE SECTION (IN ANY ROUND), CONTINUE WITH PC04B
OTHERWISE, GO TO BOX_08 PC04B PERSON'S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME}
DISPLAY ‘During an earlier interview....’ IF ASTHMA WAS NOT CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND. IF ASTHMA WAS CREATED DURING THE CURRENT ROUND, USE A NULL DISPLAY.
DISPLAY ‘NOT’ IN BOLD IN THE ANSWER TEXT. IF ‘PERSON DOES NOT HAVE ASTHMA’ IS SELECTED, THIS DOES NOT RE-SET THE DATA AS RECORDED IN THE PE SECTION (PRND.PCASTHMA). THE RESPONSE TO PC04B WILL DETERMINE WHETHER SUBSEQUENT DETAILED ASTHMA QUESTIONS ARE ASKED IN THIS PC SECTION. PC05A {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC05B {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC06A {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC06B {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC08 {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC08A {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} PC08B {PERSON’S FIRST MIDDLE AND LAST NAME} BOX_08
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