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MEPS H23 CODEBOOK
PANEL 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE
DATE: June 3, 2013

Variable Name: MAINRD2
Description: MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY-R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3114
End: 3115

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-8 DK
1
3,154
-3 NO DATA IN ROUND
174
2,301,262
-1 INAPPLICABLE
17,244
239,840,479
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
1,477
18,959,514
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
313
4,278,170
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
28
436,362
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
54
946,433
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
62
789,398
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
22
271,409
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
91
944,417
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
9
121,069
10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
11
201,621
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
95
1,334,044
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
7
86,151
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
61
923,081
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
58
1,010,869
91 OTHER
152
2,156,477
TOTAL
19,859
274,603,911


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