Common use of Linking to the Person Clause in Contracts

Linking to the Person. Level File Merging characteristics of interest from the person-level file (e.g., MEPS 2005 Full Year Consolidated File) expands the scope of potential estimates. For example, to estimate the total number of prescribed medicine purchases of persons with specific demographic characteristics (such as age, race, sex, and education), population characteristics from a person-level file need to be merged onto the prescribed medicines file. This procedure is illustrated below. The MEPS 2005 Appendix File, HC-094I, provides additional detail on how to merge MEPS data files.

Linking to the Person. Level File Merging characteristics of interest from the person-level file (e.g., MEPS 2005 2016 Full Year Consolidated File) expands the scope of potential estimates. For example, to estimate the total number of prescribed medicine purchases of persons with specific demographic characteristics (such as age, race, sex, and education), population characteristics from a person-level file need to be merged onto the prescribed medicines file. This procedure is illustrated below. The MEPS 2005 2016 Appendix File, HC-094IHC-188I, provides additional detail on how to merge MEPS data files.

Linking to the Person. Level File Merging characteristics of interest from the a person-level file (e.g., MEPS 2005 2015 Full Year Consolidated File) expands the scope of potential estimates. For example, to estimate the total number of prescribed medicine purchases of emergency room visits for persons with specific demographic characteristics (such as e.g., age, race, sex, and education), population characteristics from a person-level file need to be merged onto the prescribed medicines emergency room visit file. This procedure is illustrated below. The MEPS 2005 2015 Appendix File, HC-094IHC-178I, provides additional detail details on how to merge MEPS data files.

Linking to the Person. Level File Merging characteristics of interest from the person-level file (e.g., MEPS 2005 2013 Full Year Consolidated File) expands the scope of potential estimates. For example, to estimate the total number of prescribed medicine purchases of persons with specific demographic characteristics (such as age, race, sex, and education), population characteristics from a person-level file need to be merged onto the prescribed medicines file. This procedure is illustrated below. The MEPS 2005 2013 Appendix File, HC-094IHC-160I, provides additional detail on how to merge MEPS data files.