Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	PUBAT5X
Description:	COV BY PUBLIC - ANY TIME IN R5
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	5252
End:	5253

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	173	6,637,922
1 YES	4,294	137,098,336
2 NO	4,405	199,795,452
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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