/*****************************************************************************/ /* SPSS User Files are being provided for the convenience of analysts who */ /* may wish to use SPSS to analyze the MEPS data. However, users are */ /* cautioned that SPSS does not currently have the capability to produce */ /* appropriate standard errors for estimates from a survey with a complex */ /* sample design like the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The */ /* annual national probability sample of households selected for the MEPS */ /* is a subsample of those participating in the National Health Interview */ /* Survey (NHIS) for the previous calendar year. The NHIS, an ongoing */ /* general health survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population, */ /* is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for */ /* Disease Control and Prevention. The NHIS sample design, and thus that */ /* of the MEPS, uses complex sampling techniques including */ /* stratification, clustering, and differential sampling rates for the */ /* oversampling of selected subgroups of the population. Because of this */ /* sampling structure, software that accounts for this complex sample */ /* design must be used. Without the use of appropriate software that */ /* accounts for the complex sample design of the MEPS in conjunction with */ /* the survey's sampling weights (reflecting the survey's sample */ /* selection probabilities and nonresponse and other adjustments), the */ /* estimated standard errors of survey point estimates will generally be */ /* underestimated, and, thus, the inferential conclusions in an analysis */ /* (descriptive or analytical) may be misleading. It is recommended that */ /* sample survey software be used to analyze the MEPS data. Software for */ /* analysis of complex survey data include, for example, SUDAAN (Research */ /* Triangle Institute), STATA (Stata Corporation), VPLX (U.S. Bureau of */ /* the Census), and WESVAR (Westat, Inc.). A more comprehensive summary */ /* of software for the analysis of data from surveys with complex sample */ /* designs can be accessed through the website for the American */ /* Statistical Association's Survey Research Methods Section. Users may */ /* also reference the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) */ /* web document "Computing Standard Errors for Medical Expenditure Panel */ /* Survey (MEPS) Estimates." */ /*****************************************************************************/ SET UNICODE = NO. FILE HANDLE INFILE NAME="H197B.DAT" /LRECL=253. DATA LIST FILE=INFILE / DUID 1-5 PID 6-8 DUPERSID 9-16 (A) EVNTIDX 17-28 (A) EVENTRN 29-29 FFEEIDX 30-41 (A) PANEL 42-43 DVDATEYR 44-47 DVDATEMM 48-49 GENDENT 50-51 DENTHYG 52-53 DNSPCLST 54-55 DENTYPE 56-57 EXAMINE 58-59 CLENTETX 60-61 CLENTETH 62-63 JUSTXRYX 64-65 JUSTXRAY 66-67 FLUORIDE 68-69 SEALANTX 70-71 SEALANT 72-73 FILLINGX 74-75 FILLING 76-77 ROOTCANX 78-79 ROOTCANL 80-81 GUMSURGX 82-83 GUMSURG 84-85 IMPLANTX 86-87 IMPLANT 88-89 ORALSURX 90-91 ORALSURG 92-93 BRIDGESX 94-95 BRIDGES 96-97 ORTHDONX 98-99 ORTHDONT 100-101 DENTPROX 102-103 DENTPROC 104-105 DENTOTHX 106-130 (A) FFDVTYPE 131-132 FFBEF17 133-134 FFTOT18 135-136 DVSF17X 137-144 (2) DVMR17X 145-151 (2) DVMD17X 152-158 (2) DVPV17X 159-165 (2) DVVA17X 166-172 (2) DVTR17X 173-179 (2) DVOF17X 180-185 (2) DVSL17X 186-192 (2) DVWC17X 193-198 (2) DVOR17X 199-205 (2) DVOU17X 206-212 (2) DVOT17X 213-219 (2) DVXP17X 220-227 (2) DVTC17X 228-235 (2) IMPFLAG 236-236 PERWT17F 237-248 (6) VARSTR 249-252 VARPSU 253-253 . VARIABLE LABEL DUID 'DWELLING UNIT ID' PID 'PERSON NUMBER' DUPERSID 'PERSON ID (DUID + PID)' EVNTIDX 'EVENT ID' EVENTRN 'EVENT ROUND NUMBER' FFEEIDX 'FLAT FEE ID' PANEL 'PANEL NUMBER' DVDATEYR 'EVENT DATE - YEAR' DVDATEMM 'EVENT DATE - MONTH' GENDENT 'GENERAL DENTIST SEEN' DENTHYG 'DENTAL HYGIENIST SEEN' DNSPCLST 'DENTAL SPECIALIST SEEN' DENTYPE 'OTHER DENTAL SPECIALIST SEEN' EXAMINE 'GENERAL EXAM OR CONSULTATION' CLENTETX 'EDITED CLENTETH' CLENTETH 'CLEANING,PROPHYLAXIS,POLISHING/RECAL VIS' JUSTXRYX 'EDITED JUSTXRAY' JUSTXRAY 'X-RAYS, RADIOGRAPHS OR BITEWINGS' FLUORIDE 'FLUORIDE TREATMENT' SEALANTX 'EDITED SEALANT' SEALANT 'SEALANT APPLICATION' FILLINGX 'EDITED FILLING' FILLING 'FILLINGS, INLAYS, CROWNS OR CAPS' ROOTCANX 'EDITED ROOTCANL' ROOTCANL 'ROOT CANAL' GUMSURGX 'EDITED GUMSURG' GUMSURG 'PERIODONTAL SCALING, ROOT PLANING OR GUM' IMPLANTX 'EDITED IMPLANT' IMPLANT 'IMPLANTS' ORALSURX 'EDITED ORALSURG' ORALSURG 'EXTRACTION,TOOTH PULLED/OTH ORAL SURGERY' BRIDGESX 'EDITED BRIDGES' BRIDGES 'BRIDGES,DENTURES,RELIN/REPAIR BRIDG/DENT' ORTHDONX 'EDITED ORTHDONT' ORTHDONT 'ORTHODONTIA, BRACES OR RETAINERS' DENTPROX 'EDITED DENTPROC' DENTPROC 'OTHER DENTAL PROCEDURES' DENTOTHX 'OTHER SPECIFY DENTAL PROCEDURES EDITED' FFDVTYPE 'FLAT FEE BUNDLE' FFBEF17 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF BEFORE 2017' FFTOT18 'TOTAL # OF VISITS IN FF AFTER 2017' DVSF17X 'AMOUNT PAID, FAMILY (IMPUTED)' DVMR17X 'AMOUNT PAID, MEDICARE (IMPUTED)' DVMD17X 'AMOUNT PAID, MEDICAID (IMPUTED)' DVPV17X 'AMOUNT PAID, PRIVATE INSURANCE (IMPUTED)' DVVA17X 'AMOUNT PAID, VETERANS/CHAMPVA(IMPUTED)' DVTR17X 'AMOUNT PAID, TRICARE(IMPUTED)' DVOF17X 'AMOUNT PAID, OTHER FEDERAL (IMPUTED)' DVSL17X 'AMOUNT PAID, STATE & LOCAL GOV (IMPUTED)' DVWC17X 'AMOUNT PAID, WORKERS COMP (IMPUTED)' DVOR17X 'AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PRIVATE (IMPUTED)' DVOU17X 'AMOUNT PAID, OTHER PUBLIC (IMPUTED)' DVOT17X 'AMOUNT PAID, OTHER INSURANCE (IMPUTED)' DVXP17X 'SUM OF DVSF17X-DVOT17X (IMPUTED)' DVTC17X 'HHLD REPORTED TOTAL CHARGE (IMPUTED)' IMPFLAG 'IMPUTATION STATUS' PERWT17F 'EXPENDITURE FILE PERSON WEIGHT, 2017' VARSTR 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION STRATUM, 2017' VARPSU 'VARIANCE ESTIMATION PSU, 2017' . VALUE LABELS BRIDGES -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / BRIDGESX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / CLENTETH -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / CLENTETX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DENTHYG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DENTPROC -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DENTPROX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DENTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DNSPCLST -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / DVDATEMM -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' / DVDATEYR -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 2017 '2017' / DVMD17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVMR17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVOF17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVOR17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVOT17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVOU17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVPV17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVSF17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVSL17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVTC17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVTR17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVVA17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVWC17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / DVXP17X -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / EVENTRN 1 'ROUND 1' 2 'ROUND 2' 3 'ROUND 3' 4 'ROUND 4' 5 'ROUND 5' / EXAMINE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / FFBEF17 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / FFDVTYPE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 FLAT FEE STEM' 2 '2 FLAT FEE LEAF' / FFTOT18 -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 0 '0' / FILLING -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / FILLINGX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / FLUORIDE -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / GENDENT -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / GUMSURG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / GUMSURGX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / IMPFLAG 0 '0 NOT ELIGIBLE FOR IMPUTATION' 1 '1 COMPLETE HC DATA' 2 '2 COMPLETE MPC DATA' 3 '3 FULLY IMPUTED' 4 '4 PARTIALLY IMPUTED' 5 '5 CAPITATION IMPUTATION' / IMPLANT -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / IMPLANTX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / JUSTXRAY -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / JUSTXRYX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ORALSURG -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ORALSURX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ORTHDONT -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ORTHDONX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / PANEL 21 'PANEL 21' 22 'PANEL 22' / ROOTCANL -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / ROOTCANX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SEALANT -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' / SEALANTX -1 '-1 INAPPLICABLE' -7 '-7 REFUSED' -8 '-8 DK' -9 '-9 NOT ASCERTAINED' 1 '1 YES' 2 '2 NO' . 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