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MEPS Topics: Elderly Health Care

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Elderly Health Care

Description: As with other population groups, the elderly can be identified in MEPS-HC; and their expenditures, prescription drug usage, and utilization can be analyzed. In addition to the tables and publications below, data files can be downloaded for further analyses.

MEPS stopped collecting institutionalized care information after the 1996 Nursing Home Component was fielded. However, data for all home health events are collected as one type of medical event.

Additional health care information on the elderly is available in the National Healthcare Disparities Report.

Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).

Trends in the Number and Percentage of the Population with Any Dental or Medical Visits, 2003-2018

Statistical Brief #537

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses for Medical Services, by Insurance Coverage, 2000-2014

Statistical Brief #500

Expenditures for Commonly Treated Conditions among Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2013

Statistical Brief #487

Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Medicare Beneficiaries, Age 65 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012

Statistical Brief #469

Trends in Health Care Expenditures for the Elderly, Age 65 and Over: 2001, 2006, and 2011

Statistical Brief #429

Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Medicare Beneficiaries, Age 65 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2010

Statistical Brief #411

Expenditures for Trauma-Related Disorders among the Elderly and Non-Elderly, 2009: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

Statistical Brief #397

Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Medicare Beneficiaries, Age 65 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2009

Statistical Brief #363

Health Care Use and Expenditures for Pain Conditions among Women 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2008

Statistical Brief #342

Top Five Most Costly Conditions among the Elderly, Age 65 and Older, 2008: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Adult Population

Statistical Brief #327

Person Characteristics of the Elderly Reporting One or More Cognitive Disorders, 2007

Statistical Brief #310

Average Outpatient Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for the Top Five Most Expensive Prescription Drugs for Adults Age 65 and over: 2005 and 2006

Statistical Brief #288

Health Insurance for the Elderly - Issues in Measurement Workshop, April 2003

Working Paper #6003

Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health Care and Insurance Premiums among the Elderly Population, 2003

Statistical Brief #122

The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003

Statistical Brief #109

The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, by Total Expenses for the Elderly and Near Elderly in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2002

Statistical Brief #91

Overweight and Obese Elderly and Near Elderly in the United States, 2002: Estimates for the Noninstitutionalized Population Age 55 and Older

Statistical Brief #68

Top 10 Outpatient Prescription Medicines Ranked by Utilization and Expenditures for the Elderly in the U.S. Community Population, 2002

Statistical Brief #66

Top 10 Outpatient Prescription Medicines Ranked by Utilization and Expenditures for the Near Elderly in the U.S. Community Population, 2002

Statistical Brief #65

Nursing Home Expenses, 1987 and 1996

Chartbook #6

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