Common use of Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX Clause in Contracts

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 Appendix File, HC-152I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 STAZ file, there are 392 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2009 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2009 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2009 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-126I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2009 STAZ file, there are 392 348 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2004 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2004 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2004 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-085I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- provider-reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2004 STAZ file, there are 392 562 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2015 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2015 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2015 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-178I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2015 STAZ file, there are 392 386 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2011 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2011 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2011 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-144I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2011 STAZ file, there are 392 368 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2014 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2014 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2014 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-168I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2014 STAZ file, there are 392 413 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2008 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2008 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2008 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-118I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2008 STAZ file, there are 392 440 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.

Record Identifiers (EVNTIDX. ERHEVIDX, FFEEIDX) EVNTIDX uniquely identifies each hospital inpatient stay/event (i.e., each record on the STAZ file) and is the variable required to link hospital inpatient stay events to data files containing details on conditions and/or prescribed medicines (MEPS 2012 2016 Medical Conditions File and MEPS 2012 2016 Prescribed Medicines File, respectively). For details on linking, see Section 5.0 or the MEPS 2012 2016 Appendix File, HC-152I. HC-188I. ERHEVIDX is a constructed variable identifying a STAZ record that includes the facility expenditures for the preceding emergency room visit. This variable is derived from provider- reported information on linked emergency room and inpatient stay events that matched to corresponding events reported by the household. The variable ERHEVIDX contains the EVNTIDX of the linked event. On the 2012 2016 STAZ file, there are 392 378 hospital stays linked to a preceding emergency room visit, that is, there are records with a valid ERHEVIDX value. ERHEVIDX has not been reconciled with the unedited variable EMERROOM. Please note that, the physician expenditures associated with the emergency room visit remain on the emergency room file. FFEEIDX is a constructed variable which uniquely identifies a flat fee group, that is, all events that were a part of a flat fee payment. For example, dialysis treatments are typically covered in a flat fee arrangement where all visits are covered under one flat fee dollar amount. These events would have the same value for FFEEIDX.