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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. Learn more about MEPS.

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Upcoming Events
GSA Pre-Conference Workshop, November 5, 2014, Washington, D.C. Using Medical Expenditures Panel Survey Data in Gerontological Health Services Research.

APHA Annual Meeting, Sunday, November 16, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., New Orleans, LA. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS): Using MEPS Data in National and Regional Health Services Research.

New Data Files
The 2012 Full Year Consolidated Data File (MEPS HC-155) consolidates all of the final 2012 person-level variables onto one file. This file contains demographic, health status, access to care, employment, quality of care, health insurance, income, and expenditure variables.

The 2012 Medical Conditions File (MEPS HC-154) provides household-reported medical conditions data collected on a nationally representative sample.

The 2012 Person Round Plan (PRPL) File (MEPS HC-153) contains records for persons insured through private establishments that provide hospital/physician, medigap, dental, vision, or prescription medication coverage. It also includes variables pertaining to managed care and experiences with health plans.

The Appendix to MEPS 2012 Event Files (MEPS HC-152I) contains two data files. The first file is used for linking the MEPS 2012 condition file (HC-154) with the MEPS 2012 event files (HC-152A through HC-152H). The second file is used for linking the MEPS 2012 prescribed medicines event file (HC-144A) with other 2012 event files.

New Publications
The top 5 percent of the uninsured population under age 65 ranked by their health care expenses accounted for 58.9 percent of the health care expenditures incurred by this subpopulation with an annual mean of $14,565 in 2012.– From Statistical Brief 448: Differentials in the Concentration of Health Expenditures across Population Subgroups in the U.S., 2012

During the first part of 2013, 21.1 percent of persons under age 65 were uninsured. Age is strongly associated with health insurance coverage. Young adults in the 19-24 and 25-29 age groups had the greatest likelihood of being uninsured, with at least a third lacking health insurance--34.2 percent and 35.5 percent, respectively. Children (under age 18) were much less likely to be uninsured (9.5 percent). – From Statistical Brief 447: The Uninsured in America, First Part of 2013: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65

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