Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	DLAYCA2
Description:	DELAY MED CARE FOR COST-R2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	2259
End:	2260

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DK	9	345,002
-7 REFUSED	17	771,476
-1 INAPPLICABLE	145	7,189,869
1 YES	591	21,972,548
2 NO	8,110	313,252,814
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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