Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release Schedule

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Data Release Schedule

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MEPS Household Component public use data files (including documentation and codebooks) and Insurance Component summary data tables are released on this website on a regular annual schedule. The schedule for 2026 is as follows:

May 2026:

June 2026:

2024 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
2024 Emergency Room Visits File
2024 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
2024 Outpatient Visits File

July 2026:

2024 Prescribed Medicines File
2025 MEPS-IC Private Sector Tables

August 2026:

1996-2024 MEPS-NHIS Link Files
1996-2024 Pooled Linkage File for Common Variance Structure
1996-2024 Replicate File for BRR Variance Estimation
Appendix to MEPS 2024 Event Files
2024 Medical Conditions File
2024 Full Year Consolidated Data File

September 2026:

2023-2024 MEPS Panel 28 Longitudinal Data File

November 2026:

2025 MEPS-IC Public Sector Tables
2025 MEPS-IC Civilian Tables

Page last updated: May 29, 2026

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