E3.sas

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PROGRAM:       C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E3.SAS

DESCRIPTION:  	THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW TO CREATE A LONGITUDINAL 
               FILE FOR 1999-2000 (PANEL 4) AND COMPUTE PERSON-
               LEVEL ESTIMATES FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE AND
               EXPENDITURES.  

VARIABLES:     UNINS99, UNINS00 
                  (INSURED ALL OF 1999, 2000)
               TOTEXP99, TOTEXP00
                  (TOTAL HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES, 1999)

INPUT FILE:  	(1) C:\MEPS\DATA\H50.SAS7BDAT (2000 FULL-YEAR DATA FILE)
               (3) C:\MEPS\DATA\H38.SAS7BDAT (1999 FULL-YEAR DATA FILE)
               (5) C:\MEPS\DATA\H58.SAS7BDAT 
                                (PANEL 4 LONGITUDINAL WEIGHT FILE)

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LIBNAME CMEPS V8 'C:\MEPS\DATA';

FOOTNOTE 'PROGRAM: C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E3.SAS';

TITLE1 'AHRQ MEPS DATA USERS WORKSHOP (ESTIMATION) -- NOV/DEC 2004';
TITLE2 'PANEL 4 LONGITUDINAL FILE (1999 - 2000)';
TITLE3 ' ';

/***** THESE DATA STEPS READ IN THE REQUIRED VARIABLES FROM THE *****/
/***** FULL-YEAR FILES.                                         *****/
/***** USE THE PANELyy VARIABLE TO PICK OUT PANEL 4 PERSONS     *****/

/*****                     1999 DATA                            *****/

DATA H38;
   SET CMEPS.H38 (KEEP= DUPERSID UNINS99 TOTEXP99 PANEL99);
   WHERE PANEL99 = 4;
   DROP PANEL99;
RUN;

/*****                     2000 DATA                            *****/

DATA H50;
   SET CMEPS.H50 (KEEP= DUPERSID UNINS00 TOTEXP00 PANEL00);
   WHERE PANEL00 = 4;
   DROP PANEL00;
RUN;

PROC SORT DATA= H38;
   BY DUPERSID;
RUN;

PROC SORT DATA= H50;
   BY DUPERSID;
RUN;

/***** GET REQUIRED VARIABLES FROM THE PANEL 4 LONGITUDINAL     *****/
/***** FILE.                                                    *****/
/***** THE 'WHERE YRINDP4 = 1' LINE SELECTS PERSONS IN BOTH     *****/
/***** THE 1999 AND 2000 FILES.                                 *****/

DATA H58;
   SET CMEPS.H58 (KEEP= DUPERSID LONGWTP4 VARPSUP4 VARSTRP4
                           YRINDP4);
   WHERE YRINDP4 = 1;
   DROP YRINDP4;
RUN;

PROC SORT DATA= H58;
   BY DUPERSID;
RUN;

/***** 1999 ANALYTIC VARIABLES ARE RE-CODED 1 OR 0.             *****/
/***** THE 2000 VARIABLES ARE RE-CODED TO 100 OR 0 IN ORDER TO  *****/
/***** HAVE THE PROC SURVEYMEANS 'MEAN' READ AS A PERCENT.      *****/

/***** THE '2' [NO] VALUES FOR UNINS99 AND UNINS00 ARE RE-CODED *****/
/***** TO 0.                                                    *****/ 

DATA LONGP4;
   MERGE H38 (IN= A) H50 (IN= B) H58 (IN= C);
   BY DUPERSID;
   IF A AND B AND C;
   IF UNINS99 = 1 THEN UNINS99 = 1;
      ELSE UNINS99 = 0;
   IF UNINS00 = 1 THEN UNINS00 = 100;
      ELSE UNINS00 = 0;
   IF TOTEXP99 > 0 THEN TOTEXP99 = 1;
      ELSE TOTEXP99 = 0;
   IF TOTEXP00 > 0 THEN TOTEXP00 = 100;
      ELSE TOTEXP00 = 0;
RUN; 

TITLE4 'OF THOSE WITH SOME EXPENSE IN 1999';

PROC FREQ DATA= LONGP4;
   TABLES TOTEXP00 / LIST MISSING;
   WHERE TOTEXP99 = 1;
   WEIGHT LONGWTP4;
RUN;

TITLE4 'OF THOSE WITH NO EXPENSE IN 1999';

PROC FREQ DATA= LONGP4;
   TABLES TOTEXP00 / LIST MISSING;
   WHERE TOTEXP99 = 0;
   WEIGHT LONGWTP4;
RUN;

TITLE4 'INSURANCE STATUS';

PROC SURVEYMEANS DATA= LONGP4 NOBS SUMWGT MEAN STDERR CLM;
   VAR UNINS00 ;
   DOMAIN UNINS99;
   STRATA VARSTRP4;
   CLUSTER VARPSUP4;
   WEIGHT LONGWTP4; ;
RUN;

TITLE4 'HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES';

PROC SURVEYMEANS DATA= LONGP4 NOBS SUMWGT MEAN STDERR CLM;
   VAR TOTEXP00 ;
   DOMAIN TOTEXP99;
   STRATA VARSTRP4;
   CLUSTER VARPSUP4;
   WEIGHT LONGWTP4; ;
RUN;