Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

Demographic and Clinical Variations in Health Status

Product type:

Methodology Report 15

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date (print version):

January 2005

Web posting date:

March 11, 2005

Description:

This report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality summarizes population differences using two generic measures: the SF-12® and the EuroQol. In general, groups defined by age and education showed the greatest variation in health status; differences by sex, race/ethnicity, and geographic location were relatively small. Persons diagnosed with diabetes, asthma, or hypertension had worse physical health status than those who did not have these conditions.

Pub #:

AHRQ Pub. No. 05-0022

Author(s):

John A. Fleishman, Ph.D.

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

MEPS Topics:

Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Health Care Disparities, Health Status, Medical Conditions, Medical Expenditures, Minority Health, Priority Conditions -- Asthma, Priority Conditions -- Diabetes, Priority Conditions -- General, Priority Conditions -- High Blood Pressure

PDF link:

data_files/publications/mr15/mr15.pdf (543 KB)

HTML link:

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