Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	DLAYCA4
Description:	DELAY MED CARE FOR COST-R4
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	2261
End:	2262

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DK	26	1,001,630
-7 REFUSED	4	335,095
-1 INAPPLICABLE	180	7,445,027
1 YES	544	20,342,819
2 NO	8,118	314,407,139
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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