_dta: 1. by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 26 Jul 2014 obs: 23,339 vars: 246 26 Jul 2014 17:21 size: 15,357,062 (_dta has notes) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vmonth byte %9.0g vmonth month of visit vyear int %8.0g year of visit vdayr byte %9.0g vdayr day of week of visit - recoded age byte %18.0g age patient age in years sex byte %8.0g sex patient sex pregnant byte %8.0g if female, is patient pregnant? race byte %28.0g race patient race ethnic byte %15.0g ethnic patient ethnicity refer byte %8.0g was pat referred by oth physician for visit? auth byte %8.0g was authorization required for care? primcare byte %8.0g are you the patient's primary care physician paytype byte %17.0g paytype primary expected source of payment for visit hmo byte %8.0g does patient belong to an hmo? capitate byte %8.0g is this a capitated visit? senbefor byte %24.0g senbefo have you/anyone in practice seen pat before? rfv1 long %12.0g patient's reason for visit #1 rfv2 long %12.0g patient's reason for visit #2 rfv3 long %12.0g patient's reason for visit #3 rfv13d int %8.0g patient's reason for visit #1 - broad rfv23d int %8.0g patient's reason for visit #2 - broad rfv33d int %8.0g patient's reason for visit #3 - broad major byte %37.0g major major reason for the visit injury byte %8.0g is visit related to injury or poisoning? place byte %36.0g place place of occurrence of injury intent byte %36.0g intent intentionality of injury - from checkbox workrel byte %36.0g workrel is injury work related? cause1 str4 %4s cause of injury #1 cause2 str4 %4s cause of injury #2 cause3 str4 %4s cause of injury #3 cause13d str3 %3s cause of injury #1 - broad cause23d str3 %3s cause of injury #2 - broad cause33d str3 %3s cause of injury #3 - broad vcause str97 %97s verbatim cause of injury diag1 str5 %5s physician's diagnosis #1 diag2 str5 %5s physician's diagnosis #2 diag3 str5 %5s physician's diagnosis #3 diag13d str3 %3s physician's diagnosis #1 - broad diag23d str3 %3s physician's diagnosis #2 - broad diag33d str3 %3s physician's diagnosis #3 - broad prdiag1 byte %8.0g is diag1 probable, questionable or ruleout? prdiag2 byte %8.0g is diag2 probable, questionable or ruleout? prdiag3 byte %8.0g is diag3 probable, questionable or ruleout? diagscrn byte %9.0g diagscr were diag/screen services ordered/provided? breast byte %8.0g breast exam pelvic byte %8.0g pelvic exam rectal byte %8.0g rectal exam skin byte %8.0g skin exam visual byte %8.0g visual acuity glaucoma byte %8.0g glaucoma exam hearing byte %8.0g hearing exam blodpres byte %8.0g blood pressure test strep byte %8.0g strep test pap byte %8.0g pap test urine byte %8.0g urinalysis pregtest byte %8.0g pregnancy test psa byte %8.0g psa test blodlead byte %8.0g blood lead level cholest byte %8.0g cholestorol measure hivser byte %8.0g hiv serology otherstd byte %8.0g other std test hematocr byte %8.0g hematocrit/hemoglobin otherbld byte %8.0g other blood test ekg byte %8.0g ekg xray byte %8.0g x-ray catmri byte %8.0g cat scan/mri mammo byte %8.0g mammography ultrasnd byte %8.0g ultrasound othdiag byte %8.0g all other diagnostic/screening services diagsc1 str4 %4s other diag/screen service #1 - 4 dgt diagsc2 str4 %4s other diag/screen service #2 - 4 dgt diagsc13 str3 %3s other diag/screen service #1 - 3 dgt diagsc23 str3 %3s other diag/screen service #2 - 3 dgt diagsc12 str2 %2s other diag/screen service #1 - 2 dgt diagsc22 str2 %2s other diag/screen service #2 - 2dgt totdiag byte %35.0g totdiag total # of diagnostic/screening services therprev byte %9.0g therpre were ther/prev services ordered/provided? dietnutr byte %8.0g diet/utrition couns/educ exercise byte %8.0g exercise couns/educ hivstdtr byte %8.0g hiv/ std transmission couns/educ famplan byte %8.0g family planning/contraceptive couns/educ prenatal byte %8.0g prenatal instructions couns/educ brstslfx byte %8.0g breast self-exam couns/educ tobacco byte %8.0g tobacco use/exposure couns/educ grwthdev byte %8.0g growth/development couns/educ mentlhlt byte %8.0g mental health couns/educ stress byte %8.0g stress management couns/educ skincanc byte %8.0g skin cancer prevention couns/educ injprev byte %8.0g injury prevention couns/educ psychoth byte %8.0g psychotherapy psychoph byte %8.0g psycho-pharmacotherapy physioth byte %8.0g physiotherapy othther byte %8.0g all other therapeutic/preventive services therpr1 str4 %4s other ther/prev service #1 - 4 dgt therpr2 str4 %4s other ther/prev service #2 - 4 dgt therpr13 str3 %3s other ther/prev service #1 - 3 dgt therpr23 str3 %3s other ther/prev service #2 - 3 dgt therpr12 str2 %2s other ther/prev service #1 - 2 dgt therpr22 str2 %2s other ther/prev service #2 - 2 dgt totther byte %35.0g totther total # of therapeutic/preventive services amb byte %10.0g amb were ambulatory surgical procs performed amb1 str4 %4s ambulatory surg procedure #1 - 4 dgt amb2 str4 %4s ambulatory surg procedure #2 - 4 dgt amb13 str3 %3s ambulatory surg procedure #1 - 3 dgt amb23 str3 %3s ambulatory surg procedure #2 - 3 dgt amb12 str2 %2s ambulatory surg procedure #1 - 2 dgt amb22 str2 %2s ambulatory surg procedure #2 - 2 dgt totamb byte %35.0g totamb total # of ambulatory surgical procedures med byte %9.0g med were medications/injections ordered/provided med1str str5 %5s medication #1 med1 long %10.0g medication #1 med2str str5 %5s medication #2 med2 long %10.0g medication #2 med3str str5 %5s medication #3 med3 long %10.0g medication #3 med4str str5 %5s medication #4 med4 long %10.0g medication #4 med5str str5 %5s medication #5 med5 long %10.0g medication #5 med6str str5 %5s medication #6 med6 long %10.0g medication #6 nummed byte %8.0g number of medications coded form byte %23.0g form were any medications from a formulary list? form1 byte %8.0g is medication #1 from a formulary list? form2 byte %8.0g is medication #2 from a formulary list? form3 byte %8.0g is medication #3 from a formulary list? form4 byte %8.0g is medication #4 from a formulary list? form5 byte %8.0g is medication #5 from a formulary list? form6 byte %8.0g is medication #6 from a formulary list? numform byte %14.0g numform total # of medications from formulary list noprovid byte %8.0g providers seen: no answer to item phys byte %8.0g physician seen physasst byte %8.0g physician assistant seen nursepr byte %8.0g nurse practitioner seen nursemid byte %8.0g nurse midwife seen rn byte %8.0g registered nurse seen lpn byte %8.0g licensed practical nurse seen mednurse byte %8.0g medical/nursing assistant seen otherprv byte %8.0g other provider seen timemd int %22.0g timemd time spent with physician (in minutes) patwt long %12.0g patient visit weight (rounded) region byte %9.0g region geographic region of physician office urban byte %35.0g urban metro/non-metro status of location of office spec str3 %3s physician specialty mddo byte %27.0g mddo type of physician (md or do) phycode int %8.0g physician code patcode byte %8.0g patient code vdatefl byte %8.0g was visit date imputed? bdatefl byte %8.0g was birth year imputed? sexfl byte %8.0g was sex imputed? racefl byte %8.0g was race imputed? timemdfl byte %8.0g was time spent with physician imputed? gen1 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #1 prescr1 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #1 contsub1 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #1 comstat1 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #1 drugcl1 str4 %4s drug class for medication #1 drg1ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #1 drg1ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #1 drg1ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #1 drg1ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #1 drg1ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #1 gen2 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #2 prescr2 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #2 contsub2 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #2 comstat2 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #2 drugcl2 str4 %4s drug class for medication #2 drg2ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #2 drg2ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #2 drg2ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #2 drg2ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #2 drg2ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #2 gen3 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #3 prescr3 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #3 contsub3 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #3 comstat3 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #3 drugcl3 str4 %4s drug class for medication #3 drg3ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #3 drg3ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #3 drg3ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #3 drg3ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #3 drg3ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #3 gen4 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #4 prescr4 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #4 contsub4 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #4 comstat4 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #4 drugcl4 str4 %4s drug class for medication #4 drg4ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #4 drg4ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #4 drg4ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #4 drg4ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #4 drg4ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #4 gen5 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #5 prescr5 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #5 contsub5 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #5 comstat5 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #5 drugcl5 str4 %4s drug class for medication #5 drg5ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #5 drg5ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #5 drg5ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #5 drg5ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #5 drg5ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #5 gen6 str5 %5s generic name code for medication #6 prescr6 byte %8.0g prescription status code for medication #6 contsub6 byte %8.0g controlled substance code for medication #6 comstat6 byte %8.0g composition status code for medication #6 drugcl6 str4 %4s drug class for medication #6 drg6ing1 str5 %5s ingredient code #1 for medication #6 drg6ing2 str5 %5s ingredient code #2 for medication #6 drg6ing3 str5 %5s ingredient code #3 for medication #6 drg6ing4 str5 %5s ingredient code #4 for medication #6 drg6ing5 str5 %5s ingredient code #5 for medication #6 retypoff byte %40.0g retypo type of office setting for this visit solo byte %8.0g solo is this a solo practice? empstat byte %10.0g empstat employment status of physician owner byte %37.0g owner who owns this office (practice)? lab byte %8.0g lab is lab testing performed in the office? racer byte %8.0g racer patient race recode: white, black, other specr byte %25.0g specr physician specialty recode agedays int %18.0g agedays age in days for patients less than 1 year ager byte %17.0g ager patient age recode cause1r int %8.0g cause of injury #1 - numeric recode cause2r int %8.0g cause of injury #2 - numeric recode cause3r int %8.0g cause of injury #3 - numeric recode diag1r long %12.0g physician's diagnosis #1 - numeric recode diag2r long %12.0g physician's diagnosis #2 - numeric recode diag3r long %12.0g physician's diagnosis #3 - numeric recode diagsc1r int %8.0g other diag/screen serv #1 - numeric recode diagsc2r int %8.0g other diag/screen serv #2 - numeric recode therpr1r int %8.0g other ther/prev service #1 - numeric recode therpr2r int %8.0g other ther/prev service #2 - numeric recode amb1r int %8.0g ambulatory surgical proc #1 - numeric recode amb2r int %8.0g ambulatory surgical proc #2 - numeric recode whocomp byte %39.0g whocomp who completed the patient record forms? stratm int %8.0g psu stratum marker (masked) psum byte %8.0g psu marker (masked) year int %8.0g survey year (1998) subfile byte %8.0g survey identifier (constant=1 for namcs) prostrat byte %8.0g provider stratum marker provider int %8.0g provider code dept byte %8.0g hospital dept code (constant=1 for namcs) su byte %8.0g hospital sampling unit code (=001 for namcs) clinic byte %8.0g hospital clinic code (=001 for namcs) poppsum byte %8.0g stratum counts of psus (masked) popsum byte %8.0g # of clinic sampling units in hosp (=0 for namcs) popvism byte %8.0g estimated provider visit volume (masked) popprovm int %8.0g estimated # of inscope providers in psu (masked) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: vmonth: 1 January 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 7 July 8 August 9 September 10 October 11 November 12 December vdayr: 1 Sunday 2 Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday age: 0 Under one year 100 100 years and over sex: 1 Female 2 Male race: 1 White 2 Black 3 Asian/Pacific Islander 4 American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut ethnic: 1 Hispanic Origin 2 Not Hispanic 3 Blank paytype: 1 Private insurance 2 Medicare 3 Medicaid 5 Self-pay 6 No charge 7 Other 8 Unknown 9 Blank senbefo: 1 Yes, established patient 2 No, new patient 3 Blank major: 1 Acute problem 2 Chronic problem, routine 3 Chronic problem, flareup 4 Pre- or post-surgery, injury followup 5 Non-illness care 6 Blank or unknown place: 1 Residence 2 Recreation/sports area 3 Street/highway 4 School 5 Other public building 6 Industrial place 7 Other 8 Unknown 9 Not applicable (not an injury visit) intent: 1 Yes (self-inflicted) 2 Yes (assault) 3 No, Unintentional 4 Unknown 5 Not applicable (not an injury visit) workrel: 1 Yes 2 No 3 Unknown 4 Not applicable (not an injury visit) diagscr: 0 No 1 Yes 2 No answer totdiag: 99 All boxes blank, including None box therpre: 0 No 1 Yes 2 No answer totther: 99 All boxes blank, including None box amb: 0 No 1 Yes 2 Item blank totamb: 9 All fields blank including None box med: 0 No 1 Yes 2 No answer form: 0 No 1 Yes 2 Unknown 3 N/A (no drug mentioned) numform: 0 0 drugs 1 1 drug 2 2 drugs 3 3 drugs 4 4 drugs 5 5 drugs 6 6 drugs 7 Not applicable 8 Unknown timemd: 0 0 minutes 1 1 minute 2 2 minutes 3 3 minutes 4 4 minutes 5 5 minutes 6 6 minutes 7 7 minutes 8 8 minutes 9 9 minutes 10 10 minutes 11 11 minutes 12 12 minutes 13 13 minutes 14 14 minutes 15 15 minutes 16 16 minutes 17 17 minutes 18 18 minutes 19 19 minutes 20 20 minutes 21 21 minutes 22 22 minutes 23 23 minutes 24 24 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hours and 16 minutes 197 3 hours and 17 minutes 198 3 hours and 18 minutes 199 3 hours and 19 minutes 200 3 hours and 20 minutes 201 3 hours and 21 minutes 202 3 hours and 22 minutes 203 3 hours and 23 minutes 204 3 hours and 24 minutes 205 3 hours and 25 minutes 206 3 hours and 26 minutes 207 3 hours and 27 minutes 208 3 hours and 28 minutes 209 3 hours and 29 minutes 210 3 hours and 30 minutes 211 3 hours and 31 minutes 212 3 hours and 32 minutes 213 3 hours and 33 minutes 214 3 hours and 34 minutes 215 3 hours and 35 minutes 216 3 hours and 36 minutes 217 3 hours and 37 minutes 218 3 hours and 38 minutes 219 3 hours and 39 minutes 220 3 hours and 40 minutes 221 3 hours and 41 minutes 222 3 hours and 42 minutes 223 3 hours and 43 minutes 224 3 hours and 44 minutes 225 3 hours and 45 minutes 226 3 hours and 46 minutes 227 3 hours and 47 minutes 228 3 hours and 48 minutes 229 3 hours and 49 minutes 230 3 hours and 50 minutes 231 3 hours and 51 minutes 232 3 hours and 52 minutes 233 3 hours and 53 minutes 234 3 hours and 54 minutes 235 3 hours and 55 minutes 236 3 hours and 56 minutes 237 3 hours and 57 minutes 238 3 hours and 58 minutes 239 3 hours and 59 minutes 240 4 hours region: 1 Northeast 2 Midwest 3 South 4 West urban: 1 MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) 2 Non-MSA mddo: 1 M.D. - Doctor of Medicine 2 D.O. - Doctor of Osteopathy retypo: 1 Freestanding priv, solo, or group office 2 Freestanding clinic/urgicenter 3 Neighborhood hlth or mental hlth ctr 4 Family planning clinic 5 Privately operated clinic 6 Local govt clinic (state, county, city) 7 Health Maint Org (HMO)/oth prepaid prac 8 Other/unknown solo: 1 Yes 2 No empstat: 1 Owner 2 Employee 3 Contractor 4 Blank owner: 1 Hospital 2 Physician or physician group 3 Other health care corporation 4 Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) 5 Other 6 Blank lab: 0 No 1 Yes 2 Blank racer: 1 White 2 Black 3 Other specr: 1 General/family practice 3 Internal medicine 4 Pediatrics 5 General surgery 6 Obstetrics and gynecology 7 Orthopedic surgery 8 Cardiovascular diseases 9 Dermatology 10 Urology 11 Psychiatry 12 Neurology 13 Ophthalmology 14 Otolaryngology 15 Other specialties agedays: 0 Less than one day 999 More than 365 days ager: 1 Under 15 years 2 15-24 years 3 25-44 years 4 45-64 years 5 65-74 years 6 75 years and over whocomp: 1 Physician 2 Office staff 3 Census field rep (abstract from record) 4 Other 5 Multiple categories checked 6 Unknown