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MEPS HC-188I: Appendix to MEPS 2016 Event Files

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Release date: May 2019

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This public use release is one in a series of public use event files drawn from the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household (HC) and Medical Provider Components (MPC). This release contains 2 data files each of which is provided as an ASCII file with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements and as a SAS transport file. File 1 is used for linking the MEPS 2016 condition file (HC-190) with the MEPS 2016 event files (HC-188A through HC-188H); File 2 is used for linking the MEPS 2016 prescribed medicines event file (HC-188A) with other 2016 event files.

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Documentation

File type

Documentation	PDF (538 KB) / HTML
Codebook File 1 (Condition Event - CLNK)	PDF (61 KB) / HTML*
Codebook File 2 (Prescribed Medicines - RXLK)	PDF (61 KB) / HTML*
SAS Programming Statements File 1	TXT (28 KB)
SAS Programming Statements File 2	TXT (28 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 1	TXT (3.4 KB)
SPSS Programming Statements File 2	TXT (3.4 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 1	TXT (5.6 KB)
STATA Programming Statements File 2	TXT (5.6 KB)

Data	File type**

Data File 1, ASCII format

ZIP (1.9 MB) / EXE (2.4 MB)

Data File 2, ASCII format

ZIP (371 KB) / EXE (907 KB)

Data File 1, SAS transport format

ZIP (2.1 MB) / EXE (2.6 MB)

Data File 2, SAS transport format

ZIP (412 KB) / EXE (948 KB)

Questionnaires — see Survey Questionnaires
The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable. *Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.