Documentation
Updates
This
page contains a list of updates that have been made to the NAMCS and
NHAMCS public-use file documentation since their initial release.
Periodically, typographic errors and other inaccuracies are corrected by uploading revised files to the ftp server.
Data users can check here for the revisions that have been made and to ensure that they are using the most accurate version of the
survey documentation. Minor
corrections, if any (such as spelling or formatting), that have no
substantive bearing on the documentation content are not listed.
2005 NAMCS
and NHAMCS
11/28/07 - Corrected Marginal
Data for NAMCS visits by age and sex, and drug mentions by age. Corrected
variable names HOMVISR, HOSVIR, TELCONR, and ECONR, page 25 (NAMCS).
Modified description of "Not Applicable" for GESTWEEK on page 28 (NAMCS) and
page 61 (NHAMCS).
2004 NAMCS
and NHAMCS
4/7/06 - Corrected labels for
Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) and American
Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) categories in U.S. population tables on
pages 10 and 11 in NAMCS documentation and pages 20 and 21 in NHAMCS
documentation.
2002
NAMCS
5/11/05 - Revised response
rates for individual physician strata on page 9.
9/27/04 -
Revised the SPSS syntax file to correct a number of problems.
7/29/04 -
Replaced marginal data for National Drug Code Directory drug classes (page
63) in the general documentation (DOC02.PDF)
file.
2001
NAMCS
12/15/03
- These changes pertain to the general documentation (DOC01.PDF)
file. Added Appendix IV which contains comparisons of 2 different
formats used to collect 3 data items in 2001. Also updated the Drug
Entry List to include some missing drugs.
9/22/03
- To date, no changes have been needed for the SAS documentation.
Value labels were updated in the general documentation (DOC01.PDF)
Record Format section for the following items: ETHNIC,
RACE, PRIMCARE, REFER, EPISODE, RETYPOFF, LAB, and OWNS.
2002
NHAMCS-ED and OPD
9/27/04 -
Revised the SPSS syntax file to correct a number of problems.
7/29/04
- Replaced marginal data for National Drug Code Directory drug classes
(pages 94, 98) in the general documentation (DOC02.PDF)
file.
2001
NHAMCS - ED
9/22/03
- To date, no changes have been needed for the SAS documentation.
Value labels were updated in the general documentation (DOC01.PDF)
Record Format section for the following items: ETHNIC,
RACE.
2001
NHAMCS - OPD
9/22/03
- To date, no changes have been needed for the SAS documentation.
Value labels were updated in the general documentation (DOC01.PDF)
Record Format section for the following items: ETHNIC,
RACE. PRIMCARE, REFER, and EPISODE.
This page last reviewed
December 03, 2007
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