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Download Data Files, Documentation, and Codebooks
Each data file contains the following:

  • Documentation file contains technical and programming information on how the data were collected and how file variables were edited, as well as survey sampling information and crosswalks from variables to the survey instruments.
  • Codebooks contain a list of variables, their labels, and unweighted and weighted frequencies.
  • Programming statements files and other files including data files in ASCII format.

For information on working with MEPS data files, go to the online workbook and SAS programming examples.

Search by: year, and/or data file type, or by variable category
Option 1: Select by year and/or data file type
Data file types to include in search (check all that apply). Click information icon info icon for file details. Click link for full list of file types in category.
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Household Component Full-Year file details
Expenditure and utilization data for the calendar year from several rounds of data collection.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Household Component Event file details
Data for the calendar year on unique household-reported medical events.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Household Component Point-in-Time file details
Data for the beginning of the year providing early glimpses of what full-year estimates will likely be.
Household Component National Health Interview Survey Link file details
Cross-walk files that allow merging of Household Component files and NHIS files.
NHEA-Aligned MEPS Projected Expenditure Data File details
Data from the 2002 MEPS aligned with the 2002 National Health Expenditure Accounts and projected annually through 2016.
Household Component/Insurance Component Link file details
Linkage information for the employers of Household Component jobholders who are contacted through the Insurance Component.
Pooled Linkage file details
Person-level file that contains the combined variance stratum and PSU variables for year 1 and year 2 for use with MEPS full-year consolidated files.
Nursing Home Component file details
Documentation for the 1996 Nursing Home Component data files.
 
Option 2: Select by variable category
Select a variable main category
 
Next step: Once you select a variable main category, you will then be asked to select a variable subcategory.
You can find lists of MEPS-HC variables and the data releases on which they are located in two documents: Person-level variables on Variable locator: full-year, point-in-time, longitudinal, and pooled files (PDF, 98 KB) or HTM format
Event-level variables on Variable locator: medical event files(PDF, 16 KB) or HTM format.


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