/*******************************************************************            
*   ME_SASD_1999_CORE.SAS:                                                      
*      THE SAS CODE SHOWN BELOW WILL LOAD THE ASCII                             
*      OUTPATIENT CORE FILE INTO SAS                                            
*******************************************************************/            
                                                                                
                                                                                
***********************************************;                                
*  Create SAS informats for missing values     ;                                
***********************************************;                                
PROC FORMAT;                                                                    
  INVALUE N2PF                                                                  
    '-9' = .                                                                    
    '-8' = .A                                                                   
    '-6' = .C                                                                   
    '-5' = .N                                                                   
    OTHER = (|2.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N3PF                                                                  
    '-99' = .                                                                   
    '-88' = .A                                                                  
    '-66' = .C                                                                  
    OTHER = (|3.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N4PF                                                                  
    '-999' = .                                                                  
    '-888' = .A                                                                 
    '-666' = .C                                                                 
    OTHER = (|4.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N4P1F                                                                 
    '-9.9' = .                                                                  
    '-8.8' = .A                                                                 
    '-6.6' = .C                                                                 
    OTHER = (|4.1|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N5PF                                                                  
    '-9999' = .                                                                 
    '-8888' = .A                                                                
    '-6666' = .C                                                                
    OTHER = (|5.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N6PF                                                                  
    '-99999' = .                                                                
    '-88888' = .A                                                               
    '-66666' = .C                                                               
    OTHER = (|6.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N6P2F                                                                 
    '-99.99' = .                                                                
    '-88.88' = .A                                                               
    '-66.66' = .C                                                               
    OTHER = (|6.2|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N7P2F                                                                 
    '-999.99' = .                                                               
    '-888.88' = .A                                                              
    '-666.66' = .C                                                              
    OTHER = (|7.2|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N7P4F                                                                 
    '-9.9999' = .                                                               
    '-8.8888' = .A                                                              
    '-6.6666' = .C                                                              
    OTHER = (|7.4|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N8PF                                                                  
    '-9999999' = .                                                              
    '-8888888' = .A                                                             
    '-6666666' = .C                                                             
    OTHER = (|8.|)                                                              
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N8P2F                                                                 
    '-9999.99' = .                                                              
    '-8888.88' = .A                                                             
    '-6666.66' = .C                                                             
    OTHER = (|8.2|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N10PF                                                                 
    '-999999999' = .                                                            
    '-888888888' = .A                                                           
    '-666666666' = .C                                                           
    OTHER = (|10.|)                                                             
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N10P4F                                                                
    '-9999.9999' = .                                                            
    '-8888.8888' = .A                                                           
    '-6666.6666' = .C                                                           
    OTHER = (|10.4|)                                                            
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE DATE10F                                                               
    '-999999999' = .                                                            
    '-888888888' = .A                                                           
    '-666666666' = .C                                                           
    OTHER = (|MMDDYY10.|)                                                       
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N12P2F                                                                
    '-99999999.99' = .                                                          
    '-88888888.88' = .A                                                         
    '-66666666.66' = .C                                                         
    OTHER = (|12.2|)                                                            
  ;                                                                             
  INVALUE N15P2F                                                                
    '-99999999999.99' = .                                                       
    '-88888888888.88' = .A                                                      
    '-66666666666.66' = .C                                                      
    OTHER = (|15.2|)                                                            
  ;                                                                             
  RUN;                                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
*******************************;                                                
*  Data Step                  *;                                                
*******************************;                                                
DATA ME_SASDC_1999_CORE;                                                        
INFILE 'ME_SASD_1999_CORE.ASC' LRECL = 253;                                     
                                                                                
*** Variable attribute ***;                                                     
ATTRIB                                                                          
  KEY                LENGTH=8          FORMAT=Z14.                              
  LABEL="HCUP record identifier"                                                
                                                                                
  AGE                LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Age in years at admission"                                             
                                                                                
  AGEDAY             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Age in days (when age < 1 year)"                                       
                                                                                
  AGEMONTH           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Age in months (when age < 11 years)"                                   
                                                                                
  AMONTH             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Admission month"                                                       
                                                                                
  ASOURCE            LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Admission source (uniform)"                                            
                                                                                
  ASOURCE_X          LENGTH=$1         FORMAT=$1.                               
  LABEL="Admission source (as received from source)"                            
                                                                                
  AWEEKEND           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Admission day is a weekend"                                            
                                                                                
  DIED               LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Died during hospitalization"                                           
                                                                                
  DISPUB92           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Disposition of patient (UB-92 standard coding)"                        
                                                                                
  DISPUNIFORM        LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Disposition of patient (uniform)"                                      
                                                                                
  DISP_X             LENGTH=$2         FORMAT=$2.                               
  LABEL="Disposition of patient (as received from source)"                      
                                                                                
  DQTR               LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Discharge quarter"                                                     
                                                                                
  DSHOSPID           LENGTH=$13                                                 
  LABEL="Data source hospital identifier"                                       
                                                                                
  DX1                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Principal diagnosis"                                                   
                                                                                
  DX2                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Diagnosis 2"                                                           
                                                                                
  DX3                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Diagnosis 3"                                                           
                                                                                
  DX4                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Diagnosis 4"                                                           
                                                                                
  DX5                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Diagnosis 5"                                                           
                                                                                
  DX6                LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Diagnosis 6"                                                           
                                                                                
  DXCCS1             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: principal diagnosis"                                              
                                                                                
  DXCCS2             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: diagnosis 2"                                                      
                                                                                
  DXCCS3             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: diagnosis 3"                                                      
                                                                                
  DXCCS4             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: diagnosis 4"                                                      
                                                                                
  DXCCS5             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: diagnosis 5"                                                      
                                                                                
  DXCCS6             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: diagnosis 6"                                                      
                                                                                
  FEMALE             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Indicator of sex"                                                      
                                                                                
  HOSPST             LENGTH=$2                                                  
  LABEL="Hospital state postal code"                                            
                                                                                
  LOS                LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Length of stay (cleaned)"                                              
                                                                                
  LOS_X              LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Length of stay (uncleaned)"                                            
                                                                                
  MDSPEC             LENGTH=$2         FORMAT=$2.                               
  LABEL="Physician specialty (as received from source)"                         
                                                                                
  MRN_S              LENGTH=$18                                                 
  LABEL="Medical record number (synthetic)"                                     
                                                                                
  NDX                LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Number of diagnoses on this record"                                    
                                                                                
  NEOMAT             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Neonatal and/or maternal DX and/or PR"                                 
                                                                                
  NPR                LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Number of procedures on this record"                                   
                                                                                
  PAY1               LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Primary expected payer (uniform)"                                      
                                                                                
  PAY1_X             LENGTH=$2         FORMAT=$2.                               
  LABEL="Primary expected payer (as received from source)"                      
                                                                                
  PR1                LENGTH=$4                                                  
  LABEL="Principal procedure"                                                   
                                                                                
  PR2                LENGTH=$4                                                  
  LABEL="Procedure 2"                                                           
                                                                                
  PR3                LENGTH=$4                                                  
  LABEL="Procedure 3"                                                           
                                                                                
  PRCCS1             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: principal procedure"                                              
                                                                                
  PRCCS2             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: procedure 2"                                                      
                                                                                
  PRCCS3             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="CCS: procedure 3"                                                      
                                                                                
  PRDAY1             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Number of days from admission to PR1"                                  
                                                                                
  PRDAY2             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Number of days from admission to PR2"                                  
                                                                                
  PRDAY3             LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Number of days from admission to PR3"                                  
                                                                                
  PSTCO              LENGTH=4                                                   
  LABEL="Patient state/county FIPS code"                                        
                                                                                
  SURGSPEC           LENGTH=$2         FORMAT=$2.                               
  LABEL="Primary surgeon specialty code"                                        
                                                                                
  TOTCHG             LENGTH=6                                                   
  LABEL="Total charges (cleaned)"                                               
                                                                                
  TOTCHG_X           LENGTH=7          FORMAT=10.2                              
  LABEL="Total charges (as received from source)"                               
                                                                                
  YEAR               LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Calendar year"                                                         
                                                                                
  ZIP_S              LENGTH=$5                                                  
  LABEL="Patient zip code (synthetic)"                                          
                                                                                
  AYEAR              LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Admission year"                                                        
                                                                                
  DMONTH             LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Discharge month"                                                       
                                                                                
  PRMONTH1           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Month of procedure 1"                                                  
                                                                                
  PRMONTH2           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Month of procedure 2"                                                  
                                                                                
  PRMONTH3           LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Month of procedure 3"                                                  
                                                                                
  PRYEAR1            LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Year of procedure 1"                                                   
                                                                                
  PRYEAR2            LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Year of procedure 2"                                                   
                                                                                
  PRYEAR3            LENGTH=3                                                   
  LABEL="Year of procedure 3"                                                   
  ;                                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
*** Input the variables from the ASCII file ***;                                
INPUT                                                                           
      @1      KEY                 14.                                           
      @15     AGE                 N3PF.                                         
      @18     AGEDAY              N3PF.                                         
      @21     AGEMONTH            N3PF.                                         
      @24     AMONTH              N2PF.                                         
      @26     ASOURCE             N2PF.                                         
      @28     ASOURCE_X           $CHAR1.                                       
      @29     AWEEKEND            N2PF.                                         
      @31     DIED                N2PF.                                         
      @33     DISPUB92            N2PF.                                         
      @35     DISPUNIFORM         N2PF.                                         
      @37     DISP_X              $CHAR2.                                       
      @39     DQTR                N2PF.                                         
      @41     DSHOSPID            $CHAR13.                                      
      @54     DX1                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @59     DX2                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @64     DX3                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @69     DX4                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @74     DX5                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @79     DX6                 $CHAR5.                                       
      @84     DXCCS1              N4PF.                                         
      @88     DXCCS2              N4PF.                                         
      @92     DXCCS3              N4PF.                                         
      @96     DXCCS4              N4PF.                                         
      @100    DXCCS5              N4PF.                                         
      @104    DXCCS6              N4PF.                                         
      @108    FEMALE              N2PF.                                         
      @110    HOSPST              $CHAR2.                                       
      @112    LOS                 N5PF.                                         
      @117    LOS_X               N6PF.                                         
      @123    MDSPEC              $CHAR2.                                       
      @125    MRN_S               $CHAR18.                                      
      @143    NDX                 N2PF.                                         
      @145    NEOMAT              N2PF.                                         
      @147    NPR                 N2PF.                                         
      @149    PAY1                N2PF.                                         
      @151    PAY1_X              $CHAR2.                                       
      @153    PR1                 $CHAR4.                                       
      @157    PR2                 $CHAR4.                                       
      @161    PR3                 $CHAR4.                                       
      @165    PRCCS1              N3PF.                                         
      @168    PRCCS2              N3PF.                                         
      @171    PRCCS3              N3PF.                                         
      @174    PRDAY1              N5PF.                                         
      @179    PRDAY2              N5PF.                                         
      @184    PRDAY3              N5PF.                                         
      @189    PSTCO               N5PF.                                         
      @194    SURGSPEC            $CHAR2.                                       
      @196    TOTCHG              N10PF.                                        
      @206    TOTCHG_X            N15P2F.                                       
      @221    YEAR                N4PF.                                         
      @225    ZIP_S               $CHAR5.                                       
      @230    AYEAR               N4PF.                                         
      @234    DMONTH              N2PF.                                         
      @236    PRMONTH1            N2PF.                                         
      @238    PRMONTH2            N2PF.                                         
      @240    PRMONTH3            N2PF.                                         
      @242    PRYEAR1             N4PF.                                         
      @246    PRYEAR2             N4PF.                                         
      @250    PRYEAR3             N4PF.                                         
      ;                                                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
RUN;
