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MEPS HC-148
PANEL 15 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 19, 2017

Variable Name: YNOUSC4
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2412
End: 2413

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
12
197,002
-8 DK
5
73,149
-7 REFUSED
2
65,758
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,395
257,563,625
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
1,984
35,812,606
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
125
2,772,477
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
43
863,101
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
42
868,176
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
5
66,827
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
135
2,920,045
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
34
681,916
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
55
1,272,287
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
227
3,320,295
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
412
6,891,230
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
10
281,382
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
3
103,119
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
6
100,600
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
1
10,366
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
3
31,080
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
3
58,153
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
2
29,179
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
5
68,358
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
4
93,881
91 OTHER REASON
28
764,765
TOTAL
14,541
314,909,377


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