Resarch Findings
#0: Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Non- institutionalized
Population, 1997
These tables present descriptive
data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey on spending
in 1997 for hospital, office-based, home health, and other
types of care by source of payment and characteristics of
users. Data for all types of health care combined (Tables
1-2) and for each type of service (Tables 3-8) are presented
below.
Consolidated PDF file
for Tables 1 through 8
Individual tables:
Table 1: Events,
charges, and expenses for health care services & supplies by event
type [PDF or HTML version]
Table A: Standard errors for estimates in Table 1 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 2: Total health
services: Median and mean expenditures per person with
expense and distribution of expenditures by source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table B: Standard errors for estimates in Table 2 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 3: Hospital
inpatient services: Median and mean expenditures per
person with expense and distribution of expenditures by
source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table C: Standard errors for estimates in Table 3 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 4: Ambulatory
services: Median and mean expenditures per person with
expense and distribution of expenditures by source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table D: Standard errors for estimates in Table 4 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 5: Prescription
medications: Median and mean expenditures per person
with expense and distribution of expenditures by source
of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table E: Standard errors for estimates in Table 5 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 6: Dental services: Median
and mean expenditures per person with expense and distribution
of expenditures by source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table F: Standard errors for estimates in Table 6 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 7: Home health
services: Median and mean expenditures per person with
expense and distribution of expenditures by source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table G: Standard errors for estimates in Table 7 [PDF or HTML version]
Table 8: Other medical
equipment and services: Median and mean expenditures
per person with expense and distribution of expenditures
by source of payment [PDF or HTML version]
Table H: Standard errors for estimates in Table 8 [PDF or HTML version]
The same data tables for 1996,
along with accompanying descriptive text, detailed information
on data sources and methods of estimation, and definitions
of the categories used in the tables are contained in Cohen
JW, Machlin SR, Zuvekas SH, et al. Health care expenses in
the United States, 1996. Rockville (MD):Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality; 2000. MEPS Research Findings 12. AHRQ
Pub. No. 01-0009. This publication is available on the MEPS
Web site at the following address:
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov
/mepsweb/data_stats/Pub_ProdResults_Details.jsp?pt=Research%20Findings&opt=2&id=51
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Citation:
Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Non-
institutionalized Population, 1997. MEPS Research Findings
No. 0. Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville,
MD.
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