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MEPS Data:
MEPS HC-105: 2006 Full Year Consolidated Data FileHC-099 replaced by HC-105
Release Date: November 2008
Released as an ASCII file (with related SAS and SPSS programming statements) and a SAS transport dataset, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States for calendar year 2006. This file consists of MEPS survey data obtained in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 of Panel 10 and Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Panel 11 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2006) and consolidates all of the final 2006 person-level variables onto one file. This file contains the following variables previously released on HC-099: survey administration, language of interview variable, demographics, parent identifiers, health status, disability days variables, access to care, employment, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health insurance and use variables. The HC-105 file also includes these variables: income variables and expenditure variables. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-105MEPS HC-104: 2006 Medical Conditions File
Release Date: November 2008
This public use data file provides information on household-reported medical conditions collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States for the 2006 MEPS Household Component. Released as an ASCII file (with SAS and SPSS programming statements, and also in SAS transport format), this public use file provides information on the household-reported medical conditions reported in the 2006 portion of Round 3 and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 10, as well as Rounds 1 and 2 and the 2006 portion of Round 3 for Panel 11 (i.e., rounds for MEPS panels covering calendar year 2006). ICD-9 and Clinical Classification Codes are provided. The data is on the MEPS website at:
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-104MEPS HC-102I: Appendix to MEPS 2006 Event Files
Release Date: November 2008
This public use release is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). This release contains 2 data files each of which is provided as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements and as a SAS transport file. File 1 is used for linking the MEPS 2006 condition file (HC-104) with the MEPS 2006 event files (HC-102A through HC-102H); File 2 is used for linking the MEPS 2006 prescribed medicines event file (HC-102A) with other 2006 event files. This release also includes two tables provided as PDF files: Table 1, the "MEPS 2006 Condition-Event Frequency" table contains unweighted and weighted counts of records on the MEPS 2006 event files for each of the condition, procedure and clinical classification codes on the MEPS 2006 condition file; Table 2, the "MEPS 2006 Utilization and Expenditures Summary" table contains statistics for all of the utilization and expenditure variables contained on the MEPS 2006 person-level and event-level files. The data is on the MEPS website at:
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-102I
MEPS HC-036BRR: MEPS 1996-2006 Replicates for Calculating Variances File
Release Date: November 2008
This file is provided for use with pooled or individual year data from the MEPS FY 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 public use files (HC-012, HC-020, HC-028, HC-038, HC-050, HC-060, HC-070, HC-079, HC-089, HC-097, and HC-105 respectively). Released as an ASCII file (with SAS user statements) and in SAS Transport format, this person-level file contains the standard MEPS person ID variables for linking with the 1996-2006 MEPS person-level public use files and a set of 64 half sample indicators enabling the user to perform a balanced repeated replication (BRR) to calculate standard errors. There is one record for each of the 188,170 persons who are on the MEPS FY 1996-2006 public use files. The 1996-2006 combined variance stratum and PSU variables are released on HC-036. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-036BRR
MEPS HC-036: MEPS 1996-2006 Pooled Estimation Linkage File
Release Date: November 2008
This file is provided for use with pooled data from the MEPS FY 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 public use files (HC-012, HC-020, HC-028, HC-038, HC-050, HC-060, HC-070, HC-079, HC-089, HC-097, and HC-105 respectively). Released as an ASCII file (with SAS user statements) and in SAS Transport format, this person-level file contains 1996-2006 combined variance stratum and PSU variables, along with the standard MEPS person ID variables for linking with the 1996-2006 MEPS person-level public use files. There is one record for each of the 188,170 persons who are on the MEPS FY 1996-2006 public use files. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-036MEPS HC-103: 2006 Person Round Plan Public Use File
Release Date: October 2008
This MEPS public use release is one in a series of data releases drawn from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). This release contains the Person Round Plan (PRPL) file for 2006. This file contains records for persons insured through private establishments providing hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision or prescription medication coverage and includes variables pertaining to managed care and experiences with plans. These are designed to facilitate research on the sometimes complex and dynamic relationships between consumers and their private insurance. Released as an ASCII file with SAS and SPSS programming statements, and in SAS Transport format, the PRPL file is not a person-level file and linking it to a MEPS full year person-level file requires users making analytic decisions based on understanding the complexity of the PRPL file. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-103
MEPS HC-102A: 2006 Prescribed Medicines File
Release Date: October 2008
This file is one in a series of public use event files from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS HC) and Medical Provider Component (MPC). Released as an ASCII data file and SAS transport file (with SAS and SPSS user statements) this public use file provides detailed information on household-reported prescribed medicines for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of prescribed medicine utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2006. Each record represents one household-reported prescribed medicine that was purchased during calendar year 2006. These data were collected during the 2006 portion of Round 3 and Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 10, as well as Rounds 1, 2 and the 2006 portion of Round 3 for Panel 11 of the MEPS HC. Each record on this event file represents a unique prescribed medicine event; that is, a prescribed medicine reported as being purchased or otherwise obtained by the household respondent, and includes the following: an identifier for each unique prescribed medicine; detailed characteristics associated with the event (e.g., national drug code (NDC), medicine name, etc.); selected Multum Lexicon variables; conditions, if any, associated with the medicine; the date on which the person first used the medicine; total expenditure and sources of payments; types of pharmacies that filled the household's prescriptions; and a full-year person level weight. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-102A
MEPS HC-102D: 2006 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
Release Date: October 2008
This public use file is one in a series of event-level public use files drawn from the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS format statements and in SAS transport format, the Hospital Inpatient Stays File provides detailed information on hospital inpatient stays. Data are gathered from a nationally representative sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of inpatient hospital stay utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2006. Each record represents one, household-reported, inpatient hospital stay reported during the 2006 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 10, as well as rounds 1, 2 and the 2006 portion of round 3 for Panel 11 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2006). The Hospital Inpatient Stays Public Use Data File is an event-level data file containing characteristics associated with the hospital inpatient stay event such as: the date of the hospital inpatient stay, reason for the stay, types of services received, condition(s) and procedure(s) associated with the hospital inpatient stay, whether or not medicines were prescribed and imputed expenditure data. The data is on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-102D
MEPS Tabular Data:
2006 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Therapeutic Classes, by Total Expenditures and Total Purchases
Release Date: November 13, 2008
The tables are available on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb//data_stats/quick_tables_results.jsp?component=1&subcomponent=0&year=2006&tableSeries=5&searchText=%252.%25&searchMethod=1
2006 New MEPS Household Prescribed Drug Estimates: Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Expenditures and Top Prescribed Drugs by Total Purchases
Release Date: November 13, 2008
The tables are available on the MEPS website at:
MEPS Publications:
MEPS Methodology Report #23: Design, Methods, and Field Results of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Provider Component (MEPS MPC) - 2006 Calendar Year Data
Publication Date: November 7, 2008
This report focuses on the Medical Provider Component (MPC) data collection effort that collected information from medical providers that provided medical care to Household Component (HC) sampled persons on health care events that took place between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2006. The full Methodology Report is available on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Methodology%20Report&opt=2&id=882
Statistical Brief #223: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2006
Publication Date: October 9, 2008
Using data from the Insurance Component of the 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC), this Statistical Brief presents estimates, by census division, of overall enrollment rates, premiums, and contributions for employer-sponsored health insurance provided by state and local governments. The full Statistical Brief is available on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Statistical%20Brief&opt=2&id=879
Statistical Brief #224: Differences in Access to Care for Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Children, 2002-2005
Publication Date: October 17, 2008
This report presents estimates of health insurance coverage and usual source of health care services from 2002 through 2005, for Hispanic, non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic Asian, and other single/multiple race non-Hispanic U.S. children, ages 2 through 17. The full Statistical Brief is available on the MEPS website at: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Statistical%20Brief&opt=2&id=880
Statistical Brief #225: Characteristics of Non-Hispanic Asian and Non-Hispanic White Adults Uninsured for 6 to 12 Months during a Year, 2002-2005
Publication Date: October 24, 2008
This Statistical Brief compares selected characteristics of non-Hispanic Asian and non-Hispanic white adults ages 18 and older who lacked health insurance coverage for 6 to 12 months for the period 2002 through 2005. The full Statistical Brief is available on the MEPS website at:
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