Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	DLAYCA42
Description:	DELAY MED CARE FOR COST-R4/2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1538
End:	1539

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	46	765,104
-7 REFUSED	8	253,387
-1 INAPPLICABLE	280	3,736,624
1 YES	1,267	22,062,914
2 NO	17,539	312,979,600
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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