Characteristics of Office-Based Medical. Provider Visits
Characteristics of Office-Based Medical. Provider Visits File 1 contains 35 variables describing office-based medical provider visits reported by respondents in the Medical Provider Visits section of the MEPS questionnaire. The questionnaire contains specific probes for determining specific details about the medical provider visit. Unless noted otherwise, the following variables provided as unedited). Date of Office-Based Provider Visit (OBDATEYR-OBDATEDD) The event date variables (OBDATEYR, OBDATEMM, and OBDATEDD) indicate the year, month, and date that the household respondent reported having had a medical provider event. Visit Details (SEETLKPV-VSTRELCN) The questionnaire determines if during the office-based medical provider visit whether the person actually saw the provider or talked to the provider on the telephone (SEETLKPV). It also establishes if the person was referred by another physician or medical provider (REFERDBY), and whether the person saw or spoke to a medical doctor or not (SEEDOC). If the person did not see a physician (i.e., a medical doctor), the respondent was asked to identify the type of medical person seen (MEDPTYPE). The respondent was also asked how much time was spent with the medical provider (TIMESPNT). Whether or not any medical doctors worked at the visit location (DOCATLOC), the type of care the person received (VSTCTGRY), and whether or not the visit or telephone call was related to a specific condition (VSTRELCN) were also determined. Treatments, Services, Procedures, and Prescription Medicines (PHYSTH-MEDPRESC) Types of treatments received during the office-based medical provider visit include physical therapy (PHYSTH), occupational therapy (OCCUPTH), speech therapy (SPEECHTH), chemotherapy (CHEMOTH), radiation therapy (RADIATTH), kidney dialysis (KIDNEYD), IV therapy (IVTHER), drug or alcohol treatment (DRUGTRT), allergy shots (RCVSHOT), and psychotherapy/counseling (PSYCHOTH). Services received during the visit included whether or not the person received lab tests (LABTEST), a sonogram or ultrasound (SONOGRAM), x-rays (XRAYS), a mammogram (MAMMOG), an MRI or a CAT scan (MRI), an electrocardiogram (EKG), an electroencephalogram (EEG), a vaccination (RCVVAC), anesthesia (ANESTH), or other diagnostic tests or exams (OTHSVCE). Minimal editing was done across treatment, services, and procedures to ensure consistency across inapplicables, not ascertained, don't know, refused, and no services received values. Whether or not a surgical procedure was performed durin...
