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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: PMEDPY53
Description: USUAL 3RD PARTY PAYER FOR PMEDS - R5/3
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3185
End: 3187

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
221
4,052,727
-1 INAPPLICABLE
10,556
200,893,377
1 PRIVATE INSURANCE
5,227
90,444,509
2 MEDICARE
1,406
17,650,081
3 MEDICAID
1,164
17,797,301
4 VA/CHAMPVA
198
3,011,936
5 TRICARE
198
3,135,764
6 STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT
16
241,389
7 OTHER
154
2,570,545
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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