Common use of Data File Description Clause in Contracts

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 and HC-073) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2001 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-034 and HC-073HC-055) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • person: - Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx - Whether enrolled at time of interview • - Months enrolled during the reference period for the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • insurance: - Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • - Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance:: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Out -of -Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience Satisfaction with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) - Out-of-pocket premiums • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • ): - Household reports of managed care • - Family experience satisfaction with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074HC-055) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2012 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-143, the Point-in-Time Public Use File, and HC-073HC-149, the Full-Year Population Characteristics File) requires users making to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds Rounds 2 and 4) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. • High deductibles and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for hospital/physician insurance coverage only • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074HC-150, the Jobs Public Use File) FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to Policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (Rounds 2 & 4) High deductibles and Health Savings Accounts On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2014 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-159, the Point-in-Time Public Use File, and HC-073HC-165, the Full-Year Population Characteristics File) requires users making to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-166, the JOBS Public Use File) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. • Household reports of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) • High deductibles and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for hospital/physician insurance coverage only FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Months of Enrollment Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholderPolicyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician HMO High deductibles and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) Health Savings Accounts On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2010 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-125 and HC-073HC-132) requires users making to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074HC- 133) FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to Policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (Rounds 2 & 4) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2002 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-053 and HC-073HC-062) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx Whether enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074HC-062) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2005 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-084 and HC-073HC-090) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-091) FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2009 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-117 and HC-073HC-123) requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC- 124) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds Rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2015 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-167, the Point-in-Time Public Use File, and HC-073HC-174, the Full-Year Population Characteristics File) requires users making to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-176, the JOBS Public Use File) • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. • Household reports of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) • High deductibles and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for hospital/physician insurance coverage only FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Months of Enrollment Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholderPolicyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician HMO High deductibles and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) Health Savings Accounts On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 2003 2013 is a complex file of privately insured persons and their private health insurance plans and links to the jobs providing insurance. The PRPL file is designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. It is not a person-level file, and linking the PRPL file to a person-level file (such as HC-064 HC-151, the Point-in-Time Public Use File, and HC-073HC-157, the Full-Year Population Characteristics File) requires users making to make analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. Records contain the following types of information (Figure 1): • Covered person • Flags for whether the person is the policyholder or a dependent • Xxxxxxx enrolled at time of interview • Months enrolled during the reference period for of the interview • Interview Round • Policyholder • Establishment providing insurance • Type of establishment (employer, union, insurance agent, etc.) • Types of coverage (hospital/physician, medigapMedigap, dental, vision, prescription medication, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), single or family)1 • Out-of-pocket premiums and employee contributions 1No effort has been made • Plan (for hospital/physician and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • High deductibles and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for hospital/physician insurance coverage only • Links to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-158, the Jobs Public Use File) FIGURE 1 CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF PRPL Covered Person: Policyholder or Dependent Enrollment at Time of Interview or End of Year Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholderPolicyholder’s Job at Establishment (Employment-Based Insurance Only) Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types of Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): Managed Care Family Experience with Plan (rounds 2 & 4) • Plan (for hospital/physician High deductibles and Medicare supplemental insurance coverage only) • Household reports of managed care • Family experience with plan (collected for rounds 2 and 4) • Links to the job providing insurance (for employment-based insurance only, HC-074) Health Savings Accounts On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.