Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Publication Details

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Title:

Expenditures for Key Diet-Related Health Conditions, 2021-2022

Product type:

Statistical Brief 561

MEPS component:

Household Component

Publication date:

May 9, 2025

Description:

In this Statistical Brief, data from the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) are used to estimate health expenditures for key groups of diet-related health conditions: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer. The Brief focuses on these condition groups due to their prevalence and household survey respondents' ability to accurately report these conditions and their healthcare directly related to these conditions.

Pub #:

25-0017-4-EF

Author(s):

Steven C. Hill, PhD, and Zhengyi Fang, MS

Agency:

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Source:

Web Only

MEPS Topics:

Health Care Costs/Expenditures, Medical Conditions, Priority Conditions -- Cancer, Priority Conditions -- Diabetes, Priority Conditions -- Heart Conditions

PDF link:

data_files/publications/st561/stat561.pdf (784 KB)