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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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MEPS Topics
bullet Access to Health Care bullet Health Insurance bullet Prescription Drugs
bullet Children's Health bullet Medical Conditions bullet Projected Data/Expenditures
bullet Children's Insurance Coverage bullet Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP bullet Quality of Health Care
bullet Elderly Health Care bullet Men's Health bullet State and Metro Area Estimates
bullet Health Care Costs/Expenditures bullet Mental Health bullet The Uninsured
bullet Health Care Disparities bullet Obesity bullet Women's Health
 
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Upcoming Event
Registration is OPEN for the workshop AHRQ Data Resources to Inform Health Policy Research: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. March 31, 2012, Washington, DC. More details. . .

Site Enchancements
The variable locator tool has been updated to provide the user with more information about the types of variables that are available on both public access and data center files.

New Summary Data Tables
National household estimates of health care expenses, medical conditions, quality of health care, and access to medical care have been tabulated and are now available for year 2009. Check for the "C" icon near the table which will indicate whether that table may be modified for those who want to build their own tables by selecting different population, age range, health insurance status, or perceived health status criteria.

The Insurance Component portion of MEPS introduces a new series of tables providing national civilian estimates in both the private and state/local government sectors and by census division. These tables are available from 2008 to 2010. For more information, go to Civilian Data by Private and State/Local Government Sectors and Census Division.


Analytical Tools
MEPSnet/HC has been updated with 2009 data. This online query tool gives users interactive access to national estimates in MEPS without having to download data files and use statistical programming software.

New Publications
In 2008, 1 percent of the population accounted for 20.2 percent of total health care expenditures and 20.0 percent of the population in the top 1 percent retained this ranking in 2009. The bottom half of the expenditure distribution accounted for 3.1 percent of spending in 2008; about three out of four individuals in the bottom 50 percent retained this ranking in 2009. - From Statistical Brief 354: The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2008-2009
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