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MEPS Topics: Health Status
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Health Status
Description: The Health Status (HE) section of the MEPS survey assesses the physical and mental health status for both children and adults. Specific areas assessed include the loss of adult teeth, limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), the use of health aids, physical limitations, activity limitations, mental impairments, vision impairments, and hearing difficulties. For children, this section obtains additional information on childhood immunizations, limitations to school attendance, participation in special education or therapy services, general health status, height, and weight. Questions related to whether any household members have lost their teeth were omitted beginning in Panel 3 Round 1. Questions related to child care were added in 1999 (Panel 3 Round 3 and Panel 4 Round 1). "Perceived" health status is how one thinks of one's own health relative to the health of people in one's age group.
Data tables: Most HC Summary Data Tables provide data by perceived health status, in addition to several demographic variables.
Analytic tools: You can use the MEPSnet/HC query tool to generate your own tables for health status. Select the HEALTH or MNHLTH variables from the Health Status variable category.
Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
Uninsurance and Insurance Transitions Before and After 2014: Estimates for U.S., Non-Elderly Adults by Health Status, Presence of Chronic Conditions and State Medicaid Expansion Status 
Statistical Brief #490 
Health and Insurance Status, Health Care Use, and Expenditures for Male Veterans, 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 
Statistical Brief #370 
Restricted-Activity Days, 2007: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, Ages 16-64 
Statistical Brief #300 
Asthma Preventive Medicine in 2006 - Who Takes Them? 
Statistical Brief #237 
The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2005-2006 
Statistical Brief #236 
Benchmarking Medicare Managed Care Plan Enrollment Estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Administrative Enrollment Files from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
Working Paper #8011 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2003-2006: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65 
Statistical Brief #220 
Persons with High Health Care Expenditures: Proportions by Age and Insurance Coverage, 2005 
Statistical Brief #217 
Comparing Population Characteristics of Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Mail Order Pharmacies with Persons Purchasing Prescribed Drugs from Other Outlets, 2005 
Statistical Brief #200 
Demographics and Health Care Access and Utilization of Limited-English-Proficient and English-Proficient Hispanics 
Research Findings #28 
The Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2004-2005 
Statistical Brief #191 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2002-2005: Estimates for the U.S. Population under Age 65 
Statistical Brief #183 
A Comparison of Person Characteristics and Reported Conditions for Adult Medicare Beneficiaries with High and Low Annual Prescription Medicine Expenditures, 2003 
Statistical Brief #148 
Persistence in Medicare Prescription Drug Expenditures by Treatment Class 
Working Paper #6006 
Population Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, by Level of Annual Prescribed Medicines Expenses, 2003 
Statistical Brief #138 
The Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2002-2003 
Statistical Brief #124 
Trends in the Use of Diuretics to Treat Hypertension, 1997 and 2003 
Statistical Brief #120 
Diuretic Use in the Treatment of Hypertension, by Selected Population Characteristics, 2003 
Statistical Brief #119 
Annual Flu Shot Rates among Persons 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003 
Statistical Brief #114 
Utilization and Expenditures for Children with Special Health Care Needs 
Research Findings #24 
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