Data File Information Sample Clauses
Data File Information. The 2015 Hospital Inpatient Stays public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the STAZ event and imputed expenditure data. The 2015 STAZ public use data set contains variable and frequency distributions for a total of 2,921 hospital inpatient stay records reported during the 2015 portion of Round 3 and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 19, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2015 portion of Round 3 for Panel 20 of the MEPS Household Component. This file includes hospital inpatient stay records for all household survey members who resided in eligible responding households and for whom at least one hospital inpatient stay was reported. Hospital inpatient stay records known to have ended before January 1, 2015 or after December 31, 2015 are not included on this file. Some household members may have had multiple hospital inpatient stays reported and, thus, will be represented in multiple records on this file. Other household members may have had reported no hospital inpatient stays and, thus, will have no records on this file. Of the 2,921 hospital inpatient stay records, 2,817 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT15F). The persons represented on this file had to meet the following three criteria:
1. The hospital stay had to have been reported by a household survey respondent as an inpatient hospital stay (regardless of a stay’s length). Thus, the file contains some hospitalizations that were reported as not including an overnight stay.
2. The hospital stay had to have ended during 2015. Stays that began prior to 2015 but ended during 2015 are included on this data file. Stays that began in 2015 but ended during 2016 are excluded from this data file and will be included in a subsequent 2016 IP data file. Persons with no hospital inpatient stay events for 2015 are not included on this event-level IP file but are represented on the person-level 2015 Full Year Population Characteristics file.
3. The persons represented on this file also had to meet either 3a) or 3b):
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2015 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2015 full-year person- level sampling weight (PERWT15F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT15F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person m...
Data File Information. This public use data file contains variable and frequency distributions for a total of 41,418 persons (20,004 from Panel 16 Round 3 and 21,414 from Panel 17 Round 1). This count includes all household survey persons who resided in eligible responding households. Of these persons, 39,909 were assigned a positive person-level weight (19,091 from Panel 16 Round 3 and 20,818 from Panel 17 Round 1). For each variable, both weighted and unweighted frequencies are provided. In conjunction with the weight variable (WGTSP13) provided on this file, data for these persons can be used to make estimates for the civilian, non-institutionalized U.S. population as of the first half of 2012.
Data File Information. The 2012 Other Medical Expenses public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the Other Medical event and imputed expenditure data. The 2012 Other Medical Expenses public use data set contains 6,287 other medical (OM) expenditure records; of these records, 6,128 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT12F). This file includes records for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and were reported to have purchased or otherwise obtained at least one type of medical item such as medical equipment, glasses, hearing devices, etc. during calendar year 2012. Some persons may have been reported to have obtained more than one type of medical item and, therefore, have several records on this file. On the other hand, persons who were not reported to have obtained a medical item in 2012 have no records on this file. These data were collected during the 2012 portion of Round 3, and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 16, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2012 portion of Round 3 for Panel 17 of the MEPS HC. The persons represented on this file had to meet either (a) or (b) below:
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2012 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2012 full-year person-level weight (PERWT12F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT12F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full- year family-level weight (FAMWT12F > 0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT12F are variables on the 2012 Full Year Consolidated Data File. Persons with no other medical events for 2012 are not included on this event-level OM file but are represented on the person-level 2012 Full-Year Population Characteristics file. Each record includes the following: type of medical item obtained, flat fee information, imputed sources of payment, total payment and total charge for the medical item, and a full-year person- level weight. To append person-level information such as demographic or health insurance coverage to each event record, data from this file can be merged with 2012 MEPS HC person-level data (e.g. Full- Year Consolidated or Full-Year Population Characteristics files) using the person identifier, DUPERSID. Please see Section 5.0 for details on how to merge MEPS data fi...
Data File Information. The 2011 Outpatient Department Visits public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the outpatient (OP) event and imputed expenditure data. The 2011 outpatient public use data set contains 11,543 outpatient event records; of these records, 11,284 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT11F). This file includes outpatient event records for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and for whom at least one outpatient event was reported. Questions inquired whether someone in the family had a visit to an independent lab or testing facility for x- rays or other tests. An affirmative answer to these questions leads to the creation of an office- based provider event record or an outpatient department event record. Each record represents one household-reported outpatient event that occurred during calendar year 2011. Outpatient visits known to have occurred after December 31, 2011 are not included on this file. Some household members may have multiple outpatient events and thus will be represented in multiple records on this file. Other household members may have had no outpatient events reported and thus will have no records on this file. These data were collected during the 2011 portion of Round 3, and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 15, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2011 portion of Round 3 for Panel 16 of the MEPS HC. The persons represented on this file had to meet either (a) or (b) below:
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2011 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2011 full-year person-level weight (PERWT11F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT11F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full- year family-level weight (FAMWT11F >0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT11F are variables on the 2011 Population Characteristics file. Persons with no outpatient visit events for 2011 are not included on this event-level OP file but are represented on the person-level 2011 Full Year Population Characteristics file. Each outpatient visit record includes the following information: date of the visit; whether or not the household member saw the doctor; type of care received; type of services (i.e., lab test, sonogram or ultrasound, x-rays, etc...
Data File Information. The 2011 Office-Based Medical Provider public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the office-based (OB) event and imputed expenditure data. The Office-Based Provider public use data set contains 134,311 office-based provider event records; of these records, 130,987 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT11F). This file includes office-based provider event records for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and for whom at least one office-based provider event was reported. Each record represents one household-reported office-based provider event that occurred during calendar year 2011. Office-based provider visits known to have occurred after December 31, 2011 are not included on this file. Some household members may have multiple events and thus will be represented in multiple records on this file. Other household members may have had no events reported and thus will have no records on this file. These data were collected during the 2011 portion of Round 3, and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 15, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2011 portion of Round 3 for Panel 16 of the MEPS Household Component. The persons represented on this file had to meet either (a) or (b):
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2011 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2011 full-year person-level weight (PERWT11F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT11F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full- year family-level weight (FAMWT11F >0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT11F are variables on the 2011 Population Characteristics file. Persons with no office-based medical provider visit events for 2011 are not included on this event-level OB file but are represented on the person-level 2011 Full Year Population Characteristics file. Each office-based medical provider visit event record includes the following: date of the event; type of provider seen; type of care received; types of treatments (i.e., physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, etc.) received during the event; type of services (i.e., lab test, sonogram or ultrasound, x-rays, etc.) received, medicines prescribed during the event; flat fee informatio...
Data File Information. The 2013 Home Health event public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the home health event and imputed expenditure data. The home health services represented on this file are provided by three kinds of home health providers: formal (paid) home health agency providers, paid independent providers (self- employed), and informal providers who do not reside in the same household as the MEPS sampled person (care from informal providers who live in the same household as the sampled person are not represented on this file). Each record on this file represents a household-reported home health event. A home health event is a MONTH of similar services provided to a sampled person by the same PROVIDER (i.e., an employer in the case of formal agency care and an individual in the case of paid independent and informal care providers). For example, if a person received, from Provider Agency A, four visits from a nurse, ten visits from a homemaker, and four visits from a physical therapist each month during the months of January, February, and March, and also received, from Provider B, a physician visit in the months of January and February, there would be five event records on the file (NOT 56 records). There would be one event record representing all the visits from Provider A for the month of January, another record for Provider A February visits, a third Provider A record for the March visits, a fourth record representing the Provider B physician visit in January and a fifth representing the Provider B physician visit in February. Data were collected (and represented on this file) in this manner because agencies, hospitals, and nursing homes provide MEPS expenditure data in this manner. In order to be consistent with the definition of what is considered a home health event on this file, this same definition (i.e., a month of similar services) was applied to all types of home health providers. This public use data set contains 5,982 home health records; of these records, 5,784 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT13F). It includes all records related to home health events for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and for whom at least one home health event was reported. Each record represents one household-reported home health event that occurred during calendar year 2013. Some persons may have been reported to have multiple events and thus...
Data File Information. The 2016 Emergency Room Visits public use dataset consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the EROM event and imputed expenditure data. The 2016 EROM public use dataset contains variables and frequency distributions for 6,832 emergency room visits reported during the 2016 portion of Round 3 and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 20, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2016 portion of Round 3 for Panel 21 of the MEPS Household Component. This file includes emergency room visit records for all household survey members who resided in eligible responding households and reported at least one emergency room visit. Records where the emergency room visit was known to have occurred after December 31, 2016 are not included on this file. Of these 6,832 records, 6,621 were associated with persons having positive person-level weights (PERWT16F). The persons represented on this file had to meet either a) or b):
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2016 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2016 full-year person-level weight (PERWT16F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT16F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full- year family-level weight (FAMWT16F>0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT16F are variables on the 2016 Full Year Consolidated Data File. Persons with no emergency room visit events for 2016 are not included on this event-level ER file but are represented on the person-level 2016 Full Year Population Characteristics file. Each emergency room visit record includes the following: date of the visit; whether or not person saw doctor; type of care received; type of services (i.e., lab test, sonogram or ultrasound, x-rays,
Data File Information. The 2013 Prescribed Medicines public use data set contains 327,557 prescribed medicine records. Each record represents one household-reported prescribed medicine that was purchased during calendar year 2013. Of the 327,557 prescribed medicine records, 321,552 records are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT13F). The persons represented on this file had to meet either criterion a) or b) below:
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2013 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2013 full-year person-level sampling weight (PERWT13F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT13F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full-year family-level weight (FAMWT13F > 0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT13F are variables on the 2013 Full Year Consolidated Data File. Persons with no prescribed medicine use for 2013 are not included on this file (but are represented on MEPS person-level files). A codebook for the data file is provided (in file H160acb.pdf). This file includes prescribed medicine records for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and for whom at least one prescribed medicine was reported. Only prescribed medicines that were purchased in calendar year 2013 are represented on this file. This file includes prescribed medicines identified in the Prescribed Medicines (PM) section of the HC survey instrument, as well as those prescribed medicines identified in association with other medical events. Each record on this file represents a single acquisition of a prescribed medicine reported by household respondents. Some household members may have multiple acquisitions of prescribed medicines and thus will be represented in multiple records on this file. Other household members may have no reported acquisitions of prescribed medicines and thus will have no records on this file. When diabetic supplies, such as syringes and insulin, were mentioned in the Other Medical Expenses (OM) section of the MEPS-HC, the interviewer was directed to collect information on these items in the Prescribed Medicines section of the MEPS questionnaire. The respondent was also asked the questions in the Charge Payment (CP) section of the HC. To the extent that these items are purchased without a prescription, they represent ...
Data File Information. The 2013 Dental public use data set consists of one event-level data file. The file contains characteristics associated with the dental event and imputed expenditure data. The 2013 Dental public use data set contains 28,547 dental event records; of these records, 27,978 are associated with persons having a positive person-level weight (PERWT13F). This file includes dental event (DV) records for all household members who resided in eligible responding households and reported at least one dental event. Each record represents one household-reported dental event that occurred during calendar year 2013. Dental visits known to have occurred before January 1, 2013 and after December 31, 2013 are not included on this file. Some household members may have multiple dental events and thus will be represented in multiple records on this file. Other household members may have had reported no dental events and thus will have no records on this file. These data were collected during the 2013 portion of Round 3, and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 17, as well as Rounds 1, 2, and the 2013 portion of Round 3 for Panel 18 of the MEPS HC. The persons represented on this file had to meet either
(a) or (b) below:
a) Be classified as a key in-scope person who responded for his or her entire period of 2013 eligibility (i.e., persons with a positive 2013 full-year person-level weight (PERWT13F > 0)), or
b) Be an eligible member of a family all of whose key in-scope members have a positive person-level weight (PERWT13F > 0). (Such a family consists of all persons with the same value for FAMIDYR.) That is, the person must have a positive full-year family-level weight (FAMWT13F > 0). Note that FAMIDYR and FAMWT13F are variables on the 2013 Full Year Consolidated Data File. Persons with no dental events for 2013 are not included on this event-level DV file but are represented on the person-level 2013 Full Year Population Characteristics file. Each dental event record includes the following: date of the dental event; type of provider seen; procedure(s) associated with the dental event; whether or not medicines were prescribed; flat fee information; imputed sources of payment; total payment and total charge of the dental event expenditure; and a full-year person-level weight. To append person-level information such as demographic or health insurance coverage to each event record, data from this file can be merged with 2013 MEPS HC person-level data (e.g. Full Year Consolidated or Full Year Pop...
Data File Information. This file contains 72,576 records. Each record represents one household-reported medical condition reported in the 1998 portion of Round 3, and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 2, as well as Rounds 1 and 2 of Panel 3, and the 1998 portion of Round 3 for Panel 3 (i.e., Rounds for MEPS panels covering calendar year 1998). Records included on this file met criterion 1 below and one of criteria 2 – 6.
1) The condition is reported by a household survey respondent residing in an eligible responding household.
2) The condition is reported during Rounds 4 and 5 of Panel 2 or Rounds 1 and 2 of Panels 3; or
3) The condition was identified as a priority condition in Panel 2 Rounds 1 or 2 (limited data are available on this file for these records, see Section 2.5.2 for details); or
4) The condition is reported in Rounds 2 or 3 of Panel 2 and links to a 1998 medical provider visit or a medication prescribed in 1998; or
5) The condition is reported in Round 3 of Panel 3 and links to a 1998 medical provider visit or a medicine prescribed in 1998; or
6) The condition is reported in Round 2 or 3 of Panel 2 Round 3 of Panel 3, does not link to a 1998 medical provider visit or a medication prescribed in 1998, and 50 percent or more of a respondent’s reference period occurred in 1998. For each variable on the file, both weighted and unweighted frequencies are provided in the codebook. Because the conditions identified in this file are derived from self-reports, these data cannot be used to make estimates of disease, prevalence of health conditions, or mortality/morbidity. Data from this file can be merged with 1998 MEPS person-level data using DUPERSID to append person-level characteristics such as demographic or health insurance characteristics to each record (see Section 4.0 for details). Data from this file also can be merged to 1998 MEPS Medical Provider Event Files (HC-026A, HC-026B, HC-026D through HC-026H) by using the link files provided on HC-026I, File 1 (see HC-026I for details). Since each record represents a single condition reported by household respondents, some household respondents may have multiple medical conditions and thus will be represented on multiple records on this file. Other household respondents may have reported no medical conditions and thus will have no records on this file.