Context/Flow Specifications for the Overall CAPI Instrument MEPS-Household Component: Panel 21 (2016-2017) Consolidated Instrument

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, along with the Full-Year 2017 PUFs to avoid unnecessary confusion for the data user.

Context: System
Ask IDSCREEN: {Collect caseid}

Context: RU
Ask Reenumeration (RE-A) and (RE-B) Sections

Context: Person
LOOP_01 for each PERSON on RU-Members Roster WHERE {PERSON is a current or institutionalized RU member}
BEGINLOOP
Ask Priority Condition Enumeration (PE) Section
ENDLOOP_01

Context: RU
Ask Condition-Enumeration (CE) Section
Ask Health-Status (HE) Section
If {Round 2 or 4}
Ask Child Preventive Health Supplement (CS) Section
endif
Ask Calendar (CA) Section and Summary of Health Care Events
Ask Provider-Probes (PP), Event Roster (EV), and Provider Roster (PV) Sections

Context: Person
LOOP_02 for each PERSON on RU-Members-Roster WHERE {PERSON continues to have an unprocessed event}
BEGINLOOP
Ask Event-Driver (ED) Section [including…
Context: PERSON-EVENT
LOOP_03 for each PERSON-EVENT on Person’s-Medical-Events-Roster WHERE {event remains to be processed}
BEGINLOOP
If {event-type is hospital-stay}
Ask Hospital-Stay (HS) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is emergency-room}
Ask Emergency-Room (ER) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is outpatient}
Ask Outpatient-Department (OP) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is medical-visit}
Ask Medical-Provider-Visits (MV) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is dental}
Ask Dental-Care (DN) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is home-health}
Ask Home-Health (HH) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
If {event-type is other-medical}
Ask Other Medical Expenses (OM) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) and Flat Fee (FF) Sections
endif
ENDLOOP_03
ENDLOOP_02

Context: Person
LOOP_04 for each PERSON on RU-Members-Roster
BEGINLOOP
Ask Prescribed-Medicines (PM) Section including Charge/Payment (CP) Section
Ask Disability-Days (DD) Section
Ask Conditions (CN) Section
If {Round 3 or Round 5}
Ask Quality Supplement (PC) Section
Ask Preventive Care (AP) Section
endif
ENDLOOP_04

Context: RU
If {Round 2 or Round 4}
Ask Access-to-Care (AC) Section
Ask Food Security (FS) Section
endif

Context: Person
LOOP_05 for each PERSON on RU-Members-Roster WHERE {PERSON is 16 years or older or age categories 4-9}
BEGINLOOP
Ask Review-of-Employment-Information (RJ), Employment-Subsection-A (EM-A), and Employment-Wage (EW) Sections
ENDLOOP_05

Context: RU
Ask Health-Insurance (HX), Old-Employment-and-Private-Related-Insurance (OE), Old-Public-Related- Insurance (PR), Managed-Care (MC), Private-Health-Insurance-Detail (HP), and Time-Period-Covered-Detail (HQ) Sections
If {Round 3 or Round 5}
Ask Income (IN) Section
endif
If {Round 5}
Ask Assets (AS) Section
endif
Ask Provider-Directory (PD) Section
Ask Closing (CL) Section

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