This public use data file is one in a series of public use event files from the 2024 MEPS HC. It was released as an ASCII data file (with related SAS, SPSS, R, and Stata programming statements and data user information), a SAS data file, a SAS transport file, a Stata data file, and an Excel file. The 2024 Other Medical Expenses public use event file provides information on the purchases of and expenditures for visual aids, medical equipment, supplies, and other medical items for a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Data from the Other Medical Expenses file can be used to make estimates of the Other Medical event expenditures associated with medical items for the calendar year 2024. The purchase of medical equipment, supplies, and other medical items is based entirely on household reports. They were not included in the Medical Provider Component (MPC); therefore, all expenditure and payment data on the Other Medical Expenses file are reported by the household. This file contains data collected in Rounds 3-5 of Panel 28, and Rounds 1-3 of Panel 29, corresponding to the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2024.
For more details on loading MEPS PUFs into R, SAS, and Stata, please visit the MEPS GitHub page.
*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.
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