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MEPS Household Component - Insurance Component Linked Data, 1998

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The document provides detailed information about the 1998 Household Component - Insurance Component (HC-IC) linked data file from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). It outlines the purpose of the data, which is intended for research use only and not for making nationally representative estimates due to significant survey non-response and confidentiality concerns. The document describes the structure of the dataset, including various components such as demographic characteristics, health insurance coverage, and medical expenditures. It also includes a data use agreement, background information on MEPS, and technical details regarding data collection methods and variable descriptions.

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What is the usual source of care MEPS?

Description: Usual source of care is the particular medical professional, doctors office, clinic, health center, or other place where a person would usually go if sick or in need of advice about his or her health.

Is the medical expenditure panel survey mandatory?

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) produces nationally representative estimates of health care use, expenditures, sources of payment, insurance coverage, and quality of care for the United States civilian noninstitutionalized population.

What is MEP data?

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage.

Is MEPS data publicly available?

MEPS Household Component public use data files (including documentation and codebooks) and Insurance Component summary data tables are released on this website on a regular annual schedule. The schedule for 2025 is as follows: March 2025: 2023 Jobs File.

What is MEPS insurance?

It is one component of a larger group of surveys called the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The MEPS Insurance Component is an annual survey that collects information about the availability and cost of employer-sponsored health insurance, as well as other characteristics of the business.

Is MEPS nationally representative?

Data from MEPS have been used to estimate healthcare use, spending, and private and public insurance coverage in the United States. MEPS researchers include statisticians, social scientists, and health services researchers in universities around the United States; government agencies; and private organizations.

How is MEPS data collected?

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Background. Survey information is collected for households every five or six months over a two and a half year period. Five interviews in all are conducted. Respondents answer questions about their health care experiences during the year they enter the study and the following year.

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