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MEPS HC-07: 1996 Jobs File
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Center for Cost and Financing Studies
2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 501
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 594-1406

TABLE OF  CONTENTS

A. Data Use Agreement
B. Background
1.0 Household Component
2.0 Medical Provider Component
3.0 Insurance Component
4.0 Nursing Home Component
5.0 Survey Management
C. Technical and Programming Information
1.0 Data File Description
2.0 Codebook Format
3.0 Reserved Codes
4.0 Variable Naming
5.0 Programming Information
D. Codebook
E. Appendices
1. Variable-Source Crosswalk for MEPS Public Use Release HC-007
2. Catalog of MEPS Products

A. Data Use Agreement

Individual identifiers have been removed from the micro-data contained in the files on this CD-ROM. Nevertheless, under sections 308 (d) and 903 (c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242m and 42 U.S.C. 299 a-1), data collected by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and /or the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may not be used for any purpose other than for the purpose for which it was supplied; any effort to determine the identity of any reported cases, is prohibited by law.

Therefore in accordance with the above referenced Federal Statute, it is understood that:

  1. No one is to use the data in this data set in any way except for statistical reporting and analysis; 
  2. and If the identity of any person or establishment should be discovered inadvertently, then (a) no use will be made of this knowledge, (b) The Director Office of Management AHCPR will be advised of this incident, (c) the information that would identify any individual or establishment will be safeguarded or destroyed, as requested by AHCPR, and (d) no one else will be informed of the discovered identity. 
  3. No one will attempt to link this data set with individually identifiable records from any data sets other than the Medical Expenditure Panel survey or the National Health Interview Survey.

By using this data you signify your agreement to comply with the above stated statutorily based requirements with the knowledge that deliberately making a false statement in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the Federal Government violates 18 U.S.C. 1001 and is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or up to 5 years in prison.

The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research requests that users cite AHCPR and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey as the data source in any publications or research based upon these data.

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B. Background

This documentation describes one in a series of public use files from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The survey provides a new and extensive data set on the use of health services and health care in the United States.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is conducted to provide nationally representative estimates of health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, and insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population. MEPS also includes a nationally representative survey of nursing homes and their residents. MEPS is cosponsored by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

MEPS comprises four component surveys: the Household Component (HC), the Medical Provider Component (MPC), the Insurance Component (IC), and the Nursing Home Component (NHC). The HC is the core survey, and it forms the basis for the MPC sample and part of the IC sample. The separate NHC sample supplements the other MEPS components. Together these surveys yield comprehensive data that provide national estimates of the level and distribution of health care use and expenditures, support health services research, and can be used to assess health care policy implications.

MEPS is the third in a series of national probability surveys conducted by AHCPR on the financing and use of medical care in the United States. The National Medical Care Expenditure Survey (NMCES, also known as NMES-1) was conducted in 1977, the National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES-2) in 1987. Beginning in 1996, MEPS continues this series with design enhancements and efficiencies that provide a more current data resource to capture the changing dynamics of the health care delivery and insurance system.

The design efficiencies incorporated into MEPS are in accordance with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Survey Integration Plan of June 1995, which focused on consolidating DHHS surveys, achieving cost efficiencies, reducing respondent burden, and enhancing analytical capacities. To accommodate these goals, new MEPS design features include linkage with the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), from which the sampling frame for the MEPS HC is drawn, and continuous longitudinal data collection for core survey components. The MEPS HC augments NHIS by selecting a sample of NHIS respondents, collecting additional data on their health care expenditures, and linking these data with additional information collected from the respondents' medical providers, employers, and insurance providers.

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1.0 Household Component

The MEPS HC, a nationally representative survey of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, collects medical expenditure data at both the person and household levels. The HC collects detailed data on demographic characteristics, health conditions, health status, use of medical care services, charges and payments, access to care, satisfaction with care, health insurance coverage, income, and employment.

The HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data are collected through a preliminary contact followed by a series of five rounds of interviews over a 2 ½-year period. Using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) technology, data on medical expenditures and use for 2 calendar years are collected from each household. This series of data collection rounds is launched each subsequent year on a new sample of households to provide overlapping panels of survey data and, when combined with other ongoing panels, will provide continuous and current estimates of health care expenditures.

The sampling frame for the MEPS HC is drawn from respondents to NHIS, conducted by NCHS. NHIS provides a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population, with oversampling of Hispanics and blacks.

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2.0 Medical Provider Component

The MEPS MPC supplements and validates information on medical care events reported in the MEPS HC by contacting medical providers and pharmacies identified by household respondents. The MPC sample includes all hospitals, hospital physicians, home health agencies, and pharmacies reported in the HC. Also included in the MPC are all office-based physicians:

  • Providing care for HC respondents receiving Medicaid.
  • Associated with a 75-percent sample of HC households receiving care through an HMO (health maintenance organization) or managed care plan.
  • Associated with a 25-percent sample of the remaining HC households.
 Data are collected on medical and financial characteristics of medical and pharmacy events reported by HC respondents, including:
  • Diagnoses coded according to ICD-9-CM (9th Revision, International Classification of Diseases) and DSM-IV (Fourth Edition, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
  • Physician procedure codes classified by CPT-4 (Common Procedure Terminology, Version 4).
  • Inpatient stay codes classified by DRGs (diagnosis-related groups).
  • Prescriptions coded by national drug code (NDC), medication names, strength, and quantity dispensed.
  • Charges, payments, and the reasons for any difference between charges and payments.
 The MPC is conducted through telephone interviews and mailed survey materials.

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3.0 Insurance Component

The MEPS IC collects data on health insurance plans obtained through employers, unions, and other sources of private health insurance. Data obtained in the IC include the number and types of private insurance plans offered, benefits associated with these plans, premiums, contributions by employers and employees, eligibility requirements, and employer characteristics.

Establishments participating in the MEPS IC are selected through four sampling frames:

  • A list of employers or other insurance providers identified by MEPS HC respondents who report having private health insurance at the Round 1 interview.
  • A Bureau of the Census list frame of private sector business establishments.
  • The Census of Governments from Bureau of the Census.
  • An Internal Revenue Service list of the self-employed.

To provide an integrated picture of health insurance, data collected from the first sampling frame (employers and insurance providers) are linked back to data provided by the MEPS HC respondents. Data from the other three sampling frames are collected to provide annual national and State estimates of the supply of private health insurance available to American workers and to evaluate policy issues pertaining to health insurance.

The MEPS IC is an annual panel survey. Data are collected from the selected organizations through a prescreening telephone interview, a mailed questionnaire, and a telephone followup for nonrespondents.

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4.0 Nursing Home Component

The 1996 MEPS NHC was a survey of nursing homes and persons residing in or admitted to nursing homes at any time during calendar year 1996. The NHC gathered information on the demographic characteristics, residence history, health and functional status, use of services, use of prescription medications, and health care expenditures of nursing home residents. Nursing home administrators and designated staff also provided information on facility size, ownership, certification status, services provided, revenues and expenses, and other facility characteristics. Data on the income, assets, family relationships, and care-giving services for sampled nursing home residents were obtained from next-of-kin or other knowledgeable persons in the community.

The 1996 MEPS NHC sample was selected using a two-stage stratified probability design. In the first stage, facilities were selected; in the second stage, facility residents were sampled, selecting both persons in residence on January 1, 1996, and those admitted during the period January 1 through December 31.

The sample frame for facilities was derived from the National Health Provider Inventory, which is updated periodically by NCHS. The MEPS NHC data were collected in person in three rounds of data collection over a 1 ½-year period using the CAPI system. Community data were collected by telephone using computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) technology. At the end of three rounds of data collection, the sample consists of approximately 815 responding facilities, 3,100 residents in the facility on January 1, and 2,200 eligible residents admitted during 1996.

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5.0 Survey Management

MEPS data are collected under the authority of the Public Health Service Act. They are edited and published in accordance with the confidentiality provisions of this act and the Privacy Act. NCHS provides consultation and technical assistance.

As soon as data collection and editing are completed, the MEPS survey data are released to the public in staged releases of summary reports and microdata files. Summary reports are released as printed documents and electronic files. Microdata files are released on CD-ROM and/or as electronic files. A catalog of all MEPS products released to date is provided in Section F of this document.

Printed documents and CD-ROMs are available through the AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse. Write or call:

AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse
Attn: (publication number)
P.O. Box 8547
Silver Spring, MD 20907
800/358-9295
410/381-3150 (callers outside the United States only)
888/586-6340 (toll-free TDD service; hearing impaired only)

Be sure to specify the AHCPR number of the document or CD-ROM you are requesting. Selected electronic files are available from the Internet on the MEPS home page: http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/

Additional information on MEPS is available from the MEPS project manager or the MEPS public use data manager at the Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.

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C. Technical and Programming Information

Section C of this document offers a brief overview of the data provided in MEPS public use release HC007, the content and structure of the codebook, reserved code values and variable name conventions, and programming information. It is followed by Section D, containing the codebook for the HC007 data, and Section E, containing Appendix 1: Variable to Source Crosswalk and Appendix 2: Catalog of MEPS Data Products. A copy of the survey instrument used to collect this information on this file is available on the MEPS web site: http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov

1.0 Data File Description

The jobs file provided in this Web release, MEPS HC-007, contains job level information collected in Rounds 1-3 of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). It is being released as a research file and has not undergone the standard quality control procedures usually performed on MEPS public use data files. The file includes a total of 44,914 records, with each record representing a unique job for a person by round. Jobs reported in Round 3 could have been reported in 1996 or 1997. Therefore, when making 1996 estimates, Round 3 jobs starting in 1997 need to be excluded.

The unique record identifier is the variable JOBSIDX which is comprised of a person identifier (DUID + PID), a round identifier (RN), and a job number (JOBSN).

Each job record contains original variables related to the employment section of the 1996 MEPS household survey. All persons aged 16 and older in the MEPS can report any number of jobs held within a round. Persons who held more than one job at the round's interview date (a current job) were asked to identify the main job. This job was classified as the current main job and all other simultaneously held jobs were classified as miscellaneous. The MEPS also obtained some information on prior jobs held in the reference period and, for those persons not currently working and having no job in the reference period, some information on the last job the person held. Additionally, for those persons age 55 and older who indicated that they retired from a job, the MEPS obtained some job-level data on the retirement job. The variable SUBTYPE indicates the type of job record - current main, current miscellaneous, former main, former miscellaneous, last job outside reference period, or retirement job. It is important to note that the retirement job classification in the variable SUBTYPE is independent of the retirement response in the variable relating to the question why a person left a previous job (YLEFT). The MEPS asked for detailed information about any job classified as current main or current miscellaneous and basic information about any of the other job types. Refer to the questionnaire to see which information was asked of each job type.

The MEPS used dependent interviewing in rounds 2 and 3. In these rounds, the MEPS asked persons who held current main and current miscellaneous jobs at the previous round interview date whether they were still working at these jobs (see section RJ in the employment section). If a person still held a current main job from the previous round, the MEPS asked whether the job was still the main job. Most persons reported that they still worked at the same job and it was still their main job. If job status remained the same, the MEPS asked only a subset of the employment questions. Because the MEPS asked only this subset of questions if job status for persons did not change in later rounds, many job level variables on the subsequent round job records are coded as inapplicable; the complete information is on the jobs record for this job in a previous round. Thus it is important to determine whether a job in a subsequent round continues from the previous round when working with the job records. In rounds 2 and 3, the variables STILLAT (for jobs that were current main in the previous round) and STILLWRK (for jobs that were current miscellaneous in the previous round) indicate whether a person still holds the job at the subsequent round interview date. The variable SUBTYPE on the subsequent round job record indicates whether the job is main or miscellaneous in the subsequent round. Variables that relate only to the review of a job from the previous round (Y_CHANGE, OFFTAKEI, NOWTAKEI, WHY_LEFT, STILLAT, STILLWRK, DIFFWAGE, WHY_DIFF, WORKSTAT, and SHFTCHNG,) are not asked in Round 1 and thus information on these variables are coded as inapplicable.

In the review section (RJ), the MEPS attempted to obtain information regarding changes in wages on the same job from round to round; however in many cases, but not all, wage changes of less than $1.00 per hour on the same job were not recorded. This caution applies only to jobs that did not change. For every new job, the MEPS attempted to obtain wage information.

For reasons of confidentiality, the hourly wage variable (HRLYWAGE) was topcoded. A value of -10 indicates that the hourly wage rate was greater than $71.87. Additionally, the value of any bonuses, commissions or salary on a job (BONSAMT, COMMAMT, GROSSPAY) with a calculated hourly wage greater than $71.87 were also capped. To calculate the hourly wage for these other types of compensation, the number of hours per week worked and in some cases the number of weeks worked were used in conjunction with the various amounts. (These calculated hourly wages do not appear on the file.) Also, the compensation variables were not reconciled with income data collected elsewhere in the MEPS.

Due to many skip patterns in the instrument, it is recommended that users of this data become familiar with the employment section in the MEPS questionnaire. To aid users, a crosswalk between variables and MEPS questionnaire numbers is provided in this release. The following examples of variables involved in skip patterns is presented to be illustrative, however these examples do not represent the full range of variables affected by questionnaire skip patterns. The MEPS did not obtain job-related benefits such as vacation, sick leave and pension information for self-employed jobs. Nor did the MEPS attempt to obtain wage, salary, and information regarding whether the job was in the private sector, federal or local government (TYPEEMPL) for the self-employed. Conversely, the questions relating to business organization type (BUSINC, PROPRIET) were asked only of the self-employed. It is important to note that the establishment size variable for the self-employed is TOTLEMP while the establishment size for wage earners can be found in NUMEMPS and ESTIMATE1. The variable ESTMATE1 is derived from a question that allowed wage earners who did not know the actual establishment size (NUMEMPS) to choose from a number of size ranges.

Industry codes (INDTCODE) and Occupation codes (OCCPCODE) were coded by professional coders from verbatim responses. The 3-digit codes follow the Bureau of the Census 1990 Industrial Classification system and Occupational Classification system respectively.

This file does not include any weights. To make person level estimates, one should link to any of the 1996 MEPS person level files, by DUPERSID, and use the person level weight attached to that file, such as the full year income adjusted person level weight found in AHCPR release HC008 (WTPERF96). It should be noted that not all persons in the MEPS have positive weights. Other useful information pertaining to employment can be found on the public use files (AHCPR release HC003 and HC004). These files contain person-level edited employment data for round 1, 2 and round 3 up to 12/31/96.

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2.0 Codebook Format

This codebook describes an ASCII data set and provides the following programing identifiers for each variable:

IDENTIFIER  DESCRIPTION
Name  Variable name (maximum of 8 characters)
Description  Variable descriptor (maximum 40 characters)
Format  Number of bytes
Type  Type of data: numeric (indicated by NUM) or character (indicated by CHAR)
Start  Beginning column position of variable in record
End  Ending column position of variable in record

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3.0 Reserved Codes

The following reserved code values are used:

VALUE DEFINITION

-1 INAPPLICABLE Question was not asked due to skip pattern.

-7 REFUSED Question was asked and respondent refused to answer question.

-8 DK Question was asked and respondent did not know answer.

-9 NOT ASCERTAINED Interviewer did not record the data.

-10 HOURLY WAGE > $71.87 Variable was top-coded for confidentiality, as described above.

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4.0 Variable Naming

In general, variable names reflect the content of the variable, with an 8 character limitation.

Variables contained in this delivery were derived either from the questionnaire itself or from the CAPI. The source of each variable is identified in the table in Section E., entitled "Variable to Source Crosswalk." Sources for each variable are indicated in one of two ways in the "SOURCE" column in this table: (1) variables which are derived in CAPI or assigned in CAPI are so indicated; and (2) variables which come from one or more specific questions in the instrument have those numbers and questionnaire section indicated in the "Source" column.

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5.0 Programming Information

The following are the technical specifications for the HC007 data file, which is provided in ASCII and SAS Transport formats.

ASCII version:

File Name: HC007.DAT
Number of Observations: 44,914
Number of Variables: 87
Record Length: 256
Record Format: fixed
Record Identifier and Sort Key: JOBSIDX

SAS Transport version:

File Name: HC007.SSP
SAS Name: HC007
Number of Observations: 44,914
Number of Variables: 87
Record Identifier and Sort Key: JOBSIDX

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D. Codebook
MEPS HC-007 1996 JOBS FILE
DATE: November 4, 1999 

>This codebook contains unweighted frequencies for the MEPS HC-007 data file. This jobs-level file contains record and person identifiers, and jobs data obtained in Panel 1 Rounds 1-3 of the MEPS Household Component. Although most of the jobs are for 1996, a small number of Round 3 jobs actually began in 1997.

>Therefore when making 1996 estimates, one needs to check the job start dates and exclude cases that started in 1997. All estimates must be weighted to obtain unbiased national estimates. To make person-level estimates, users should lin k to any of the 1996 MEPS person-level files and use the person-level weight attached to that file, such as the full year income adjusted person-level weight on AHCPR release HC-008 (WTPERF96). The source of each variable on this file is identified in the section of the documentation entitled "E. Variable Source Crosswalk". Sources for each variable are indicated in one of two ways in the "SOURCE" column in this table: (1) Variables which are derived in CAPI or assigned in sampling are so indicated; and (2) variables which come from one or more specific questions in the instrument have those question numbers indicated.

>General information on file content, variable construction, and programming is provided in the codebook documentation. It should be noted that these data are considered preliminary as they have not been subject to the same level of quality control which is usually performed on products of this type. Users should refer to the MEPS web page (www.meps.ahcpr.gov) for information on any post production updates.

E. Appendices

Appendix 1
VARIABLE-SOURCE CROSSWALK
FOR MEPS PUBLIC USE RELEASE HC-07


SURVEY ADMINISTRATION VARIABLES ­ PUBLIC USE
 

VARIABLE LABEL SOURCE1
JOBSIDX JOB ID Number CAPI Derived
DUPERSID Sample Person ID (DUID+PID) Assigned in Sampling
DUID Dwelling Unit ID Assigned in Sampling
PID Person Number Assigned in Sampling
RN Round CAPI Derived
JOBSN JOB Number CAPI Derived
 
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EMPLOYMENT VARIABLES ­ PUBLIC USE 

VARIABLE LABEL SOURCE
JOBTYPE Self-Employed or Work for Someone Else EM05, EM11, EM18, EM27, EM40, EM53, EM70, EM82
JSTRTM Job Start Date ­ Month EM100V1-2, EM160V1-2, EM250V1-2, EM340V1-2, EM600V1-2
JSTRTD Job Start Date ­ Day EM100V1, EM160V1, EM250V1, EM340V1, EM600V1
JSTRTY Job Start Date ­ Year EM10, EM16, EM25, EM34, EM47, EM60
JSTOPM Job Stop Date - Month RJ04, RJ350V1-2, RJ480V1-2, RJ610V1-2, EM660V1-2, EM890V1-2
JSTOPD Job Stop Date ­ Day RJ09, RJ350V1, RJ480V1, RJ610V1, RJ890V1, EM660V1
JSTOPY Job Stop Date ­ Year RJ04, RJ35, RJ48, RJ61, EM66, EM87
RETIRJOB Person Retired From This Job EM80
SUBTYPE Job Sub-Type RJ01A, RJ0189A, EM08, EM14
MAIN_JOB Still Main Job or Business RJ01A
DIFFWAGE Any Change in Wage Amount RJ02
WHY_DIFF Why Wages Changed RJ03
WORKSTAT Full or Part Time RJ04
Y_CHANGE Why Change in Full/Part Time Status RJ05
STILLWRK Still Work at Establishment RJ06
OFFTAKEI Offered Insurance and Now Take RJ07
NOWTAKEI Now Offered and Take Insurance RJ08, RJ08A
WHY_LEFT Reason Why Not at Job Now RJ10
NUMEMPS Employees Per Week EM91
ESTIMATE1 Total Employees EM92
MORELOC More Than One Location EM93
BUSINC Business Incorporated EM94
PROPRIET Proprietorship or Partnership EM95
TYPEEMPL Employee Type EM96
YLEFT No Job Reason EM101
YNOBUSN Why No Business EM102
RECALL Recall Within 30 Days EM103
HRSPRWK Number of Hours Per Week EM111, EM104, EW17
HRS35WK Work 35 Hours EM105
APXHRDAY Approximate # of Hours Worked Per Day EM106
SICKPAY Does Person Have Paid Sick Leave EM107
PAYDRVST Is There Paid Sick Leave for Dr's Visits EM108
PAYVACTN Does Person Get Paid Vacation EM109
RETIRPLN Does Person Have Pension/Retirement Plan EM110
WKLYAMT Usual Weekly Gross Income EM112
EMPLINS Have Health Insurance Through This Job EM113
OFFRDINS Offered Insurance But Chose Not to Take EM114
DIFFPLNS Choice of Different Health Ins Plans EM115
INUNION Belong to Labor Union EM116
PROVDINS Who Provides Health Insurance EM117
HHMEMBER Any Other HH Member Work at This Business EM122
NUMFMEMB How Many HH Members Work There EM123
TOTLEMP Total Number of Employees at That Buisness EM124, RJ08B
SALARIED Is Person Salaried, Paid by the Hour, etc. EW01
HOWPAID How Is Person Paid EW02
DAYWAGE Person's Daily Wage Rate EW03
HRSPRDY Number of Hours Person Worked in One Day EW04
MAKEAMT How Much Money Does Person Make EW05
PERUNIT Period for Which Person is Paid EW050V1
MORE10 Person Makes More or Less than $10/Hour EW08, EW14, EW20
MORE15 Person Makes More or Less than $15/Hour EW09, EW15, EW21
MOREMINM Person Makes More or Less than Min. Wage EW10, EW16, EW22
OVRTIMHR Overtime Pay Rate Per Hour EW06
GROSSPAY Person's Salary Before Takes (Gross) EW11
GROSSPER Period in Which Gross Salary was Earned EW110V1
SALRYWKS Number of Weeks Per Year Salary is Based EW12
OTHRTYPE Type of Overtime Pay EW14
EARNTIPS Does Person Earn Tips EW23_01
EARNBONS Does Person Earn Bonuses EW23_02
EARNCOMM Does Person Earn Commission EW23_03
OTHRWAGE Overtime Pay Rate Per Hour EW190V1
TIPSUNIT Period Which Tip Earnings are Based on EW24A0V1
TIPSAMT How Much Are Person's Tips EW24A
BONSUNIT Period Which Bonuses are Based on EW24B0V1
BONSAMT How Much Are Person's Bonuses EW24B
COMMUNIT Period Which Commissions are Based on EW24C0V1
COMMAMT How Much Are Person's Commissions EW24C
HRLYWAGE How Much Person Makes/Hr EW07, EW13, EW18
JBEGHR Job Begin Hour of Day EM111A, EM105A
JENDHR Job End Hour of Day EM111A3, EM105A30V
JBEGMIN Job Begin Minutes EM111A1, EM105A1
JENDMIN Job End Minutes EM111A4, EM105A40V
JBEGAMPM Job Begin AM/PM EM111A2, EM105A20V
JENDAMPM Job End AM/PM EM111A5, EM105A5
SHIFTWK Work Rotating Shifts EM111B, EM105B
JOBHASHI Does Person Have Health Ins at This Job EM17, EM26, EM39, EM52, EM69, EM81
STILLAT Still Work at Establishment RJ01
SHFTCHNG Has a Change in Shift Occurred RJ05A
HRSALBAS Hours Salary Based On EW17
INDTCODE Industry Code EM98
OCCPCODE Occupation Code EM99, EM100

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Appendix 2

Catalog of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Products as of November 1, 1999

All of the products listed below are available free of charge by calling the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295. MEPS data products and publications are also available on the MEPS Web site at http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov/catlist.htm. Note that HC refers to the Household Component of MEPS, and NHC refers to the Nursing Home Component; descriptions of the MEPS components can be found in all of the Methodology Reports and Research Findings listed below.

Data Products

MEPS-HC Round 1-4 Questionnaires. Diskette. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-DP02. MEPS HC-001: 1996 Panel Round 1 Population Characteristics, March 1997. Data available on CD-ROM. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-DP20.

MEPS-NHC Round 1 Questionnaire. Diskette. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-DP03. MEPS NHC-001: Round 1 Sampled Facility and Person Characteristics, March 1997. Data available on CD-ROM. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-DP21.

MEPS HC-002: 1996 Panel Round 1 Parent Identifiers and HMO Data / Round 2 Health Status and Access to Care Data, October 1997. Diskette. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-DP01.

MEPS HC-003: 1996 Panel Population Characteristics and Utilization Data for 1996, September 1998. Data available on CD-ROM. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-DP12.

MEPS HC-004: 1996 Panel Employment Data and Family-Level Weight for 1996, January 1999. Data available on diskette. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-DP02.

MEPS HC-005: Combined Panel 1, Round 3/Panel 2, Round 1 1997 Population Characteristics, March 1999. Data available on CD-ROM. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-DP03.

MEPS HC-006: 1996 Medical Conditions, August 1999. Data downloadable on MEPS Web site only at http://www.meps.ahcpr.gov .

MEPS IC-001: 1996 Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Data, August 1999. Data available on CD-ROM. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-DP07.

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Print Products

Methodology Reports

Cohen J. Design and methods of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Methodology Report No. 1. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0026.

Cohen S. Sample design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Methodology Report No. 2. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0027.

Potter D. Design and methods of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Nursing Home Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Methodology Report No. 3. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0041.

Bethel J, Broene P, Sommers JP. Sample Design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Nursing Home Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Methodology Report No. 4. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0042.

Cohen SB, DiGaetano R, Goksel H. Estimation procedures in the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Methodology Report No. 5. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0027.

Sommers JP. List sample design of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Methodology Report No. 6 AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0037.

Sommers J, Bethel J, Broene P. Construction of weights for the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Nursing Home Component. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Methodology Report No. 7. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0045.

Research Findings

Vistnes JP, Monheit AC. Health insurance status of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Research Findings No. 1. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0030.

Monheit AC, Vistnes JP. Health insurance status of workers and their families: 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Research Findings No. 2. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0065.

Weinick RM, Zuvekas SH, Drilea SK. Access to health care--sources and barriers, 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Research Findings No. 3. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0001.

Rhoades J, Potter DEB, Krauss N. Nursing homes--structure and selected characteristics, 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Research Findings No. 4. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0006.

Krauss NA, Altman BM. Characteristics of nursing home residents - 1996.Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Research Findings No. 5. AHCPR Pub. No.99-0006.

Freiman M, Brown E. Special care units in nursing homes - selected characteristics, 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Research Findings No. 6. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0017.

Krauss NA, Machlin S, Kass BL. Use of Health Care Services, 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Research Findings No. 7. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0018.

Vistnes JP, Zuvekas SH. Health insurance status of the civilian noninstitutionalized population: 1997. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Research Findings No. 8. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0030.

Highlights

Beauregard KM, Drilea SK, Vistnes JP. The uninsured in America--1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Highlights No. 1. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0025.

Krauss NA, Freiman MP, Rhoades JA, et al. Nursing home update--1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997. MEPS Highlights No. 2. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0036.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Access to health care in America--1996. Rockville (MD); 1997. MEPS Highlights No. 3. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0002.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Health Insurance Coverage in America--1996. Rockville (MD); 1998. MEPS Highlights No. 4. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0031.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Job-Based Health Insurance 1987 and 1996. Rockville (MD); 1998. MEPS Highlights No. 5. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0032.

Vistnes JP, Monheit AC. Health Insurance Profile: Race/Ethnicity and Sex--1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Highlights No. 6. AHCPR Pub. No.98-0052.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Uninsured Workers--Demographic Characteristics, 1996. Rockville (MD); 1998. MEPS Highlights No. 7. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0007.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Uninsured Workers--Job Characteristics, 1996.

Rockville (MD); 1998. MEPS Highlights No. 8. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0008.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Health Care Use in America -- 1996. Rockville (MD); 1999. MEPS Highlights No. 9. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0029.

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research The Uninsured in America -- 1997. Rockville (MD); 1999. MEPS Highlights No. 10. AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0031.

Chartbooks

Weigers ME, Weinick RM, Cohen JW. Children's health, 1996: health insurance, access to care, and health status. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Chartbook No. 1. AHCPR Pub. No. 98-0008.

Kass B, Weinick R, and Monheit A. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health, 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1998. MEPS Chartbook No. 2. Pub No. 99-0001.

Rhoades, J and Krauss, N. Nursing Home Trends, 1987 and 1996. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1999. MEPS Chartbook No. 3 AHCPR Pub. No. 99-0032.

Journal Articles

(available only through the AHCPR Publications Clearinghouse)

Cohen JW, Monheit AC, Beauregard KM, et al. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: a national health information resource Inquiry 1996;33:373-389. AHCPR Pub. No. 97-R043.

Cooper PF, Schone BS. More offers, fewer takers for employment-based health insurance: 1987-1996. Health Affairs November/December 1997; 16,6:142-149.

Weinick RM, Drilea SK. Usual Sources of Health Care and Barriers to Care, 1996. Statistical Bulletin Jan-Mar 1998; 79(1): 11-17.

Weinick RM, Weigers ME, Cohen, JW. Children's Health Insurance, Access to Care, and Health Status: New Findings. Health Affairs March/April 1998; 17(2): 127-136.

If you have any questions or comments concerning the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, please contact us through E-mail at mepspd@ahcpr.gov


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