For reasons of confidentiality, the MPC file cannot be publicly released. The MPC is not designed to produce national estimates, and, for budgetary reasons, not all household-reported events are fielded in the MPC. MPC data are used to supplement/replace household data to produce the MEPS expenditure estimates. Selected data elements from the MPC data collection may be accessed in the AHRQ Data Center or at one of the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers for approved research projects.
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