Skip to main content
U.S. flag
Health and Human Services Logo

An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services

menu-iconMore mobile-close-icon
mobile-back-btn-icon Back
  • menu-iconMenu
  • mobile-search-icon
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Search All AHRQ Sites
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Español
  • FAQs
  • Email Updates
MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Font Size:
Contact MEPS FAQ Site Map  
S
M
L
XL
 
 
 
Download Data Files — Codebook

MEPS HC-164
PANEL 17 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: October 23, 2017

Variable Name: YNOUSC4
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1881
End: 1882

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
9
96,242
-8 DK
29
390,742
-7 REFUSED
1
6,272
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,873
255,902,577
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
2,161
35,117,590
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
145
2,737,178
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
52
834,515
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
65
1,664,906
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
9
157,438
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
123
2,202,536
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
49
855,921
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
76
1,354,506
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
305
4,041,126
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
881
11,085,020
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
5
66,966
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
29
542,282
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
5
124,894
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
15
209,637
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
3
26,360
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET
3
36,116
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
13
206,872
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
1
26,271
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
7
103,771
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
12
209,778
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
7
78,618
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE
4
89,331
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
9
273,730
91 OTHER REASON
32
530,771
TOTAL
17,923
318,971,967


Return to list of variables

""