Type of Records. on File (OMTYPEX) Records for purchases of insulin and diabetic supplies were included in the Other Medical Expenses event files for 1996-2004. Beginning with the 2005 file, these records were excluded from the Other Medical Expenses event file since the expenditures have always been included on the Prescribed Medicines file. The Prescribed Medicines file is a more appropriate source for estimates of both utilization and expenditures for insulin and diabetic supplies. As a consequence, there are no records on this file where the variable OMTYPEX = 2 or 3 (the values used in 1996-2004 to identify records for purchases of insulin and diabetic supplies, respectively).
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Samples: meps.ahrq.gov:443, meps.ahrq.gov, meps.ahrq.gov
Type of Records. on File (OMTYPEX) Records for purchases of insulin and diabetic supplies were included in the Other Medical Expenses event files for 1996-2004. Beginning with the 2005 file, these records were excluded from the Other Medical Expenses event file since the expenditures have always been included on the Prescribed Medicines file. The Prescribed Medicines file is a more appropriate source for estimates of both utilization and expenditures for insulin and diabetic supplies. As a consequence, there are no records on this file where the variable OMTYPEX = 2 or 3 (the values used in 1996-2004 to identify records for purchases of insulin and diabetic supplies, respectively).
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Samples: meps.ahrq.gov, meps.ahrq.gov
