Expenditure and Source of Payment Variables. The names of the expenditure and source of payment variables follow a standard convention, are seven characters in length, and end in an “X” indicating edited/imputed. Please note that imputed means that a series of logical edits, as well as an imputation process to account for missing data, have been performed on the variable. The total sum of payments and the 12 sources of payment are named in the following way: The first two characters indicate the type of event: IP - inpatient stay OB - office-based visit ER - emergency room visit OP - outpatient visit HH - home health visit DV - dental visit OM - other medical equipment RX - prescribed medicine In the case of source of payment variables, the third and fourth characters indicate: SF - self or family OF - other Federal Government MR - Medicare SL - State/local government MD - Medicaid WC - Workers’ Compensation PV - private insurance OT - other insurance VA - Veterans Administration/CHAMPVA OR - other private TR - TRICARE OU - other public XP - sum of payments In addition, the total charge variable is indicated by TC in the variable name. The fifth and sixth characters indicate the year (08). The seventh character, “X”, indicates whether the variable is edited/imputed. For example, OBSF08X is the edited/imputed amount paid by self or family for an office-based medical provider visit expenditure incurred in 2008.
Expenditure and Source of Payment Variables. The names of the expenditure and source of payment variables follow a standard convention, are eight characters in length, and end in an “X” indicating edited/imputed. Please note that imputed means that a series of logical edits, as well as an imputation process to account for missing data, have been performed on the variable. The total sum of payments and the 12 source of payment variables are named in the following way: The first two characters indicate the type of event: IP - inpatient stay OB - office-based visit ER - emergency room visit OP - outpatient visit HH - home health visit DV - dental visit OM - other medical equipment RX - prescribed medicine For expenditure variables on the OP file, the third character indicates whether the expenditure (or amount paid) is associated with the facility (F) or the physician (D). In the case of the source of payment variables, the fourth and fifth characters indicate: SF - self or family OF - other Federal Government MR - Medicare SL - State/local government MD - Medicaid WC - Workers’ Compensation PV - private insurance OT - other insurance VA - Veterans Administration OR - other private TR - TRICARE/CHAMPVA OU - other public XP - sum of payments In addition, the total charge variable is indicated by TC in the variable name. The sixth and seventh characters indicate the year (07). The eighth character, “X”, indicates whether the variable is edited/imputed. For example, OPFSF07X is the edited/imputed amount paid by self or family for the facility portion of the expenditure associated with an outpatient visit.
Expenditure and Source of Payment Variables. Only imputed/edited versions of the expenditure variables are provided on the file. Expenditure variables on this event file follow a standard naming convention and are 7 characters in length. The 12 source of payment variables and one sum of payments variable are named consistently in the following way: The first two characters indicate the type of event: IP - inpatient stay OB - office-based visit ER - emergency room visit OP - outpatient visit HH - home health visit DV - dental visit OM - other medical equipment RX - prescribed medicine In the case of the source of payment variables, the third and fourth characters indicate: SF - self or family OF - other Federal Government XP - sum of payments MR - Medicare SL - State/local government MD - Medicaid WC - Worker’s Compensation PV - private insurance OT - other insurance VA - Veterans OR - other private TR - TRICARE OU - other public The fifth and sixth characters indicate the year (05). All imputed/edited expenditure variables end with an “X.” For example, RXSF05X is the edited/imputed amount paid by self or family for the 2005 prescribed medicine expenditure.
Expenditure and Source of Payment Variables. The names of the expenditure and source of payment variables follow a standard convention, and end in an “X” indicating edited/imputed. Please note that imputed means that a series of logical edits, as well as an imputation process to account for missing data, have been performed on the variable. The total sum of payments and 10 sources of payment variables are named in the following way: The first two characters indicate the type of event: IP - inpatient stay ER - emergency room visit HH - home health visit OM - other medical equipment OB - office-based visit OP - outpatient visit DV - dental visit RX - prescribed medicine For expenditure variables on the IP file, the third character indicates whether the expenditure is associated with the facility (F) or the physician (D). In the case of the source of payment variables, the fourth and fifth characters indicate: SF - self or family MR - Medicare MD - Medicaid PV - private insurance VA - Veterans Administration/CHAMPVA TR - TRICARE OF - other federal government SL - state/local government WC - Workers’ Compensation OT - other insurance XP - sum of payments In addition, the total charge variable is indicated by TC in the variable name. The sixth and seventh characters indicate the year (21). The eighth character, being “X”, indicates the variable is edited/imputed. For example, IPFSF21X is the edited/imputed amount paid by self or family for the facility portion of the hospital inpatient stay expenditure incurred in 2021.
