1                                     The SAS System     13:27 Saturday, November 20, 2004

 

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NOTE: This installation is running Base SAS hot fix bundle 82BX08.

 

 

NOTE: AUTOEXEC processing beginning; file is C:\PROGRA~1\SASINS~1\SAS\V8\autoexec.sas.

 

1          ** C:\PROGRAM FILES\SAS INSTITUTE\SAS\V8\AUTOEXEC.SAS ;

2         

3          OPTIONS LS= 132 PS= 70 MERGENOBY=ERROR MSGLEVEL=i;

 

NOTE: AUTOEXEC processing completed.

 

1          /****************************************************************\

2         

3          PROGRAM:       C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E5.SAS

4         

5          DESCRIPTION:      THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS HOW TO COMPUTE EVENT-LEVEL

6                         ESTIMATES.

7                         IN THIS PROGRAM

 

8                         (1) THE 2001 MEPS INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS FILE IS

9                             USED TO COMPUTE MEAN FACILITY EXPENSE PER

10                            STAY.

11                        (2) THE 2001 MEPS OFFICE-BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER

12                            VISITS FILE IS USED TO COMPUTE MEAN

13                            EXPENSE PER OFFICE VISIT TO A MEDICAL

14                            PROVIDER.

15        

16         INPUT FILE:       (1) C:\MEPS\DATA\H59D.SAS7BDAT

17                                 -- 2001 HOSPITAL STAYS FILE

18                        (2) C:\MEPS\DATA\H59G.SAS7BDAT

19                                 -- 2001 OFFICE-BASED VISITS FILE

20        

21         \****************************************************************/

22        

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

NOTE: Libref CMEPS was successfully assigned as follows:

      Engine:        V8

      Physical Name: C:\MEPS\DATA

24        

25         FOOTNOTE 'PROGRAM: C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E5.SAS';

26        

27         TITLE1 'AHRQ MEPS DATA USERS WORKSHOP (ESTIMATION) -- NOV/DEC 2004';

28         TITLE2 'COMPUTING EVENT-LEVEL ESTIMATES';

29         TITLE3 ' ';

30        

31         /***** THESE DATA STEPS READS IN THE REQUIRED VARIABLES FROM THE *****/

32         /***** FULL-YEAR FILES.                                          *****/

33        

34         /***** INPATIENT HOSPITAL STAYS FILE.                            *****/

35         /***** *IPFXP01X* IS THE TOTAL EXPENSE VARIABLE.                 *****/

36        

37         TITLE4 'MEAN FACILITY EXPENSE PER INPATIENT STAY' ;

38        

39         DATA IP2001;

40            SET CMEPS.H59D (KEEP= DUPERSID IPFXP01X PERWT01F VARSTR01

41                                          VARPSU01);

42            LABEL IPFXP01X = 'TOTAL HOSP. STAY EXPENSES';

43         RUN;

 

NOTE: There were 3428 observations read from the data set CMEPS.H59D.

NOTE: The data set WORK.IP2001 has 3428 observations and 5 variables.

 

 


 

2                                                          The SAS System                          13:27 Saturday, November 20, 2004

 

44        

45         PROC SURVEYMEANS DATA= IP2001 NOBS SUMWGT MEAN STDERR CLM;

46            VAR IPFXP01X;

47            STRATA VARSTR01;

48            CLUSTER VARPSU01;

49            WEIGHT PERWT01F;

50         RUN;

 

NOTE: Due to nonpositive weights, 100 observation(s) were deleted.

NOTE: Only one cluster in a stratum for variable(s) IPFXP01X. The variance of IPFXP01X in that stratum is estimated by zero.

NOTE: There were 3428 observations read from the data set WORK.IP2001.

NOTE: The PROCEDURE SURVEYMEANS printed page 1.

 

51        

52         /***** OFFICE BASED MEDICAL PROVIDER VISITS FILE.                 *****/

53         /***** *OBXP01X* IS THE TOTAL EXPENSE VARIABLE.                   *****/

54        

55         TITLE4 'MEAN EXPENSE PER OFFICE VISIT TO A MEDICAL PROVIDER' ;

56        

57         DATA OB2001;

58            SET CMEPS.H59G (KEEP= DUPERSID OBXP01X PERWT01F VARSTR01

59                                                VARPSU01);

60            LABEL OBXP01X = 'TOTAL OFFICE VISIT EXPENSES';

61         RUN;

 

NOTE: There were 147490 observations read from the data set CMEPS.H59G.

 

NOTE: The data set WORK.OB2001 has 147490 observations and 5 variables.

 

62        

63         PROC SURVEYMEANS DATA= OB2001 NOBS SUMWGT MEAN STDERR CLM;

64            VAR OBXP01X;

65            STRATA VARSTR01;

66            CLUSTER VARPSU01;

67            WEIGHT PERWT01F;

68         RUN;

 

NOTE: Due to nonpositive weights, 2980 observation(s) were deleted.

NOTE: There were 147490 observations read from the data set WORK.OB2001.

NOTE: The PROCEDURE SURVEYMEANS printed page 2.

 

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                                     AHRQ MEPS DATA USERS WORKSHOP (ESTIMATION) -- NOV/DEC 2004                                    1

                                                  COMPUTING EVENT-LEVEL ESTIMATES                  13:27 Saturday, November 20, 2004

                                                                  

                                              MEAN FACILITY EXPENSE PER INPATIENT STAY

 

                                                     The SURVEYMEANS Procedure

 

                                                            Data Summary

 

                                        Number of Strata                                 145

                                        Number of Clusters                               514

                                        Number of Observations                          3428

                                        Number of Observations Used                     3328

                                        Number of Obs with Nonpositive Weights           100

                                        Sum of Weights                            30172114.6

 

 

                                                             Statistics

 

                                                               Sum of                     Std Error      Lower 95%      Upper 95%

   Variable   Label                                  N        Weights           Mean        of Mean    CL for Mean    CL for Mean

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   IPFXP01X   TOTAL HOSP. STAY EXPENSES           3328       30172115    6628.807015     263.362555    6110.917996    7146.696034

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

 

 

                                                PROGRAM: C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E5.SAS

                                     AHRQ MEPS DATA USERS WORKSHOP (ESTIMATION) -- NOV/DEC 2004                                    2

                                                  COMPUTING EVENT-LEVEL ESTIMATES                  13:27 Saturday, November 20, 2004

                                                                  

                                        MEAN EXPENSE PER OFFICE VISIT TO A MEDICAL PROVIDER

 

                                                     The SURVEYMEANS Procedure

 

                                                            Data Summary

 

                                        Number of Strata                                 145

                                        Number of Clusters                               557

                                        Number of Observations                        147490

                                        Number of Observations Used                   144510

                                        Number of Obs with Nonpositive Weights          2980

                                        Sum of Weights                            1372644966

 

 

                                                             Statistics

 

                                                                Sum of                     Std Error      Lower 95%      Upper 95%

  Variable   Label                                    N        Weights           Mean        of Mean    CL for Mean    CL for Mean

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  OBXP01X    TOTAL OFFICE VISIT EXPENSES         144510     1372644966     114.168495       1.677911     110.870160     117.466830

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                                                PROGRAM: C:\MEPS\PROG\EXAMPLE_E5.SAS