Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Publication Details

Title:

Health Care Expenses in the United States, 1996

Product type:

Research Findings 12

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date (print version):

December 2000

Web posting date:

March 16, 2001

Description:

This report from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) presents descriptive data on health care spending for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Information is given on total health care expenses combined and also for hospital inpatient services, ambulatory services, prescription medicines, dental services, home health services, and other medical equipment and supplies. In addition, distributions of expenses and sources of payment across the population are examined by selected demographic, socioeconomic, and health insurance characteristics.

Pub #:

AHRQ Pub. No. 01-0009

Author(s):

Cohen JW, Machlin SR, Zuvekas SH, Stagnitti MN, Thorpe JM.

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

MEPS Topics:

Dental Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Doctor Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Emergency Room Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Home Health Care, Hospital Inpatient Stays/Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Medical Expenditures, Medical Providers Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Office-Based Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures, Other Medical Equipment and Expenditures, Outpatient Visits/Use/Events and Expenditures

Comments:

Note: The 1996 prescribed medicine expenditure data were revised after this report was prepared. Updated data for Tables 1, 2, and 5 are available in the link below. The estimates in the revised tables differ only slightly from those presented in this report because the data revisions resulted in only a small change in the estimate of national expenditures (a decrease of about 1 percent).

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