Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

Characteristics of Persons with High Medical Expenditures in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2002

Product type:

Statistical Brief 73

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date:

March 21, 2005

Description:

Using data from the Household Component of the 2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC), this Statistical Brief presents characteristics of persons in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2002 who were in the top 5 percent of the medical expenditure distribution compared with persons in the bottom 50 percent of that distribution.

Author(s):

Leslie J. Conwell, MHS and Joel W. Cohen, PhD

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source:

Web Only Publication

MEPS Topics:

Disability, Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Health Status, Medical Expenditures

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data_files/publications/st73/stat73.pdf (175 KB)

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