Common use of Data File Description Clause in Contracts

Data File Description. The Person-Round-Plan (PRPL) file for 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-053 and HC-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 • 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. Interview Round Policyholder Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): • 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-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 2002 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-053 HC-034 and HC-062HC-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 • - 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 Interview Round Policyholder Links to policyholder’s Job at Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out(Employment-of-Pocket Premiums Based Insurance Only) Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): - 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-062HC-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 2002 2007 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-053 HC-101 and HC-062HC-107) 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 • Whether 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 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. Interview Round Policyholder Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): • 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-062HC- 108) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. Interview Round Policyholder Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): 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 2002 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-053 HC-125 and HC-062HC-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 • Whether ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 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. Interview Round Policyholder Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): • 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-062HC- 133) Interview Round Policyholder Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): 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 2002 2006 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-053 HC-093 and HC-062HC-099) 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 • Whether 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 1No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. Interview Round Policyholder Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage • Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician pocket premiums and Medigap Only): employee contributions • 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-062HC- 100) 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): 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 2002 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-053 HC-064 and HC-062HC-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 • 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. 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): • 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-062HC-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 2002 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-053 HC-117 and HC-062HC-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 • Whether ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ 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. Interview Round Policyholder Establishment Providing Insurance: Type of Establishment Types Coverage Out-of-Pocket Premiums Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): • 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-062HC- 124) 1 No effort has been made to validate variables representing type of coverage with external sources. Interview Round Policyholder Plan (Hospital/Physician and Medigap Only): On the records for dependents, variables link to the policyholder’s job providing insurance, rather than the dependent’s job.