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MEPS HC-193
PANEL 20 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: September 7, 2018

Variable Name: YNOUSC4
Description: AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1909
End: 1910

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
4
52,175
-8 DK
29
429,072
-7 REFUSED
3
115,481
-1 INAPPLICABLE
13,470
265,369,224
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK
2,187
38,707,998
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA
169
3,536,422
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO
61
1,022,283
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE
76
1,944,813
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE
3
52,139
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS
132
2,224,627
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS
68
1,356,371
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF
104
2,031,823
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE
158
2,050,543
10 NO HEALTH INSURANCE
381
4,645,667
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS
2
33,062
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET
23
466,271
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE
7
142,807
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS
13
226,521
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS
9
192,966
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR
19
394,178
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB
1
35,334
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR
11
235,984
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION
15
248,425
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC
12
233,033
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE
1
17,783
24 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS
6
143,578
91 OTHER REASON
53
865,413
TOTAL
17,017
326,773,992


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