Medical Provider Component (MPC) Data Collection Schedule
Annually, the MPC collects data for the following provider types: Hospitals, Office-Based Providers, Institutions, Home Health Agencies, Pharmacies, and Separately Billing Doctors (SBDs). During 2020, data collection of 2019 data for MPC provider types was conducted on a staggered schedule. Data for all provider types except Separately Billing Doctors (SBDs) began at the beginning of February. Five non-SBD provider types -- Hospitals, Office-Based Providers, Institutions, Home Health Agencies and Pharmacies -- ended data collection in mid-October. Separately Billing Doctors (SBDs) was the last provider type to be collected, beginning in September and ending the following year in January 2021.
MPC sample files are extracted from the main Household sample at several different times during year. These file extractions are called waves. Files for SBDs were collected in four (4) waves. Files for the rest of the provider types including pharmacies were collected in three (3) waves.
2019 MPC Data Collection Schedule
Provider Type |
Start of Initial MPC Wave |
Start of Final MPC Wave |
End of MPC Data Collection |
Number of Waves |
Total Weeks |
Hospitals |
02/03/2020 |
08/03/2020 |
10/16/2020 |
3 |
37 |
Office-Based Doctors (OBD) |
02/03/2020 |
08/03/2020 |
10/16/2020 |
3* |
37 |
Institutions |
02/03/2020 |
08/03/2020 |
10/16/2020 |
3 |
37 |
Home Health Agencies |
02/03/2020 |
08/03/2020 |
10/16/2020 |
3 |
37 |
Pharmacies |
02/03/2020 |
07/27/2020 |
10/16/2020 |
3 |
37 |
Separately Billing Doctors (SBDs) |
10/20/2020 |
12/18/2020 |
01/08/2021 |
3 |
12 |
* There were 2,500 OBD pairs of supplemental sample released in addition to the routine three waves of sample.
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