This public use data file is the third point in time data file to be released from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS HC). The data are being released both as an ASCII file (with related SAS programming statements) and in SAS transport format. This public use file provides information on data collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States during the early part of 1998. The data consists of 1998 data obtained in Round 3 of Panel 2 and Round 1 of Panel 3 of the MEPS Household Component and contains variables pertaining to survey administration, demographics, employment, health status, and health insurance.
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