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USCMEDTYP
Usual source of care medical setting type

Description

For all persons eligible for the Access to Care section with a usual source of care provider (USUALPL), USCMEDTYP reports whether the person's usual source of care provider is located in an office, a hospital but not the emergency room, or a hospital emergency room.

USCMEDTYP is collected as part of the Access to Care section, which gathers information on usual source of care for all family members, characteristics of usual source of care health providers, and barriers family members have faced in obtaining needed health care. Please see USCPRFAC for all variables pertaining to the characteristics of the respondent's usual source of care and ACCESSELIG for more information about the Access to Care section.

IPUMS MEPS reports the universe for each variable based on a thorough review of the original MEPS documentation. Investigating the data may reveal cases that do not meet the stated universe. Users are encouraged to validate universes for their analyses.