Priority Conditions and Injuries. Certain conditions were a priori designated as “priority conditions” due to their prevalence, expense, or relevance to policy. Some of these are long-term, life-threatening conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, emphysema, high cholesterol, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. Others are chronic manageable conditions, including arthritis and asthma. The only mental health condition on the priority conditions list is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder. When a condition was first mentioned, respondents were asked whether it was due to an accident or injury (INJURY=1). Only non-priority conditions (i.e., conditions reported in a section other than PE) are eligible to be injuries. The interviewer is prevented from selecting priority conditions as injuries.
Priority Conditions and Injuries. Certain conditions were a priori designated as “priority conditions” (PRIOLIST=1) due to their prevalence, expense, or relevance to policy. Some were long-term life-threatening conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, emphysema, high cholesterol, HIV/AIDS, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. Others were chronic manageable conditions, including arthritis, asthma, gall bladder disease, stomach ulcers, and back problems of any kind. In addition, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, as well as depression and anxiety disorders, were included in the priority list. For a complete listing of “priority conditions” see Appendix 4. Priority conditions were identified as such in the field by MEPS interviewers. Occasionally errors were made and not all priority conditions were identified. Consequently, these records are missing the follow-up questions described below. Likewise, some conditions were inaccurately identified as priority conditions. These records do have follow-up questions even though they are not priority conditions. When a condition was first mentioned, respondents were asked whether it was due to an accident or an injury (INJURY=1). Some injuries are also priority conditions (e.g. back pain).
Priority Conditions and Injuries. Certain conditions were a priori designated as “priority conditions” (PRIOLIST=1) due to their prevalence, expense, or relevance to policy. Some of these were long-term, life-threatening conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, emphysema, high cholesterol, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. Others were chronic manageable conditions, including arthritis and asthma. The only mental health condition on the priority conditions list is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder. For a complete listing of priority conditions for Panel 12 and beyond, see Appendix 4. Prior to Panel 12, priority conditions were identified as such in the field by MEPS interviewers. Occasionally, priority conditions were not identified as such due to interviewer misinterpretation. Consequently, these records are missing the follow-up questions described below. Likewise, some conditions were inaccurately identified as priority conditions. These records do have follow-up questions even though they are not priority conditions. Beginning in Panel 12, priority conditions were flagged as such by CAPI, thus preventing inaccurate identification. When a condition was first mentioned, respondents were asked whether it was due to an accident or injury (INJURY=1). Only non-priority conditions (i.e., conditions reported in a section other than PE) are eligible to be injuries. The interviewer is prevented from selecting priority conditions as injuries.
Priority Conditions and Injuries. Certain conditions were a priori designated as “priority conditions” (PRIOLIST=1) due to their prevalence, expense, or relevance to policy. Due to the design changes implemented in Panel 12, the list of priority conditions differs between Panels 11 and 12. In both Panels, some were long- term, life-threatening conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, emphysema, high cholesterol, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and stroke. Others were chronic manageable conditions, including arthritis and asthma. In addition, Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, as well as depression and anxiety disorders, were included in the priority list for Panel 11. The only mental health condition on the Panel 12 priority conditions list is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder. For a complete listing of priority conditions for both panels, see Appendix 4. In Panel 11, priority conditions were identified as such in the field by MEPS interviewers. Occasionally, priority conditions were not identified as such due to interviewer misinterpretation. Consequently, these records are missing the followup questions described below. Likewise, some conditions were inaccurately identified as priority conditions. These records do have follow-up questions even though they are not priority conditions. In Panel 12, priority conditions were flagged as such by CAPI, thus preventing inaccurate identification. When a condition was first mentioned, respondents were asked whether it was due to an accident or injury (INJURY=1). In Panel 11, some injuries are also priority conditions (e.g., back pain). In Panel 12, only non-priority conditions (i.e., conditions reported in a section other than PE) are eligible to be injuries. The interviewer is prevented from selecting priority conditions as injuries.
