Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	COVMNTHX5
Description:	MONTH LAST HAD COVID-19 R5
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	768
End:	769

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DK	17	411,968
-1 INAPPLICABLE	8,383	326,109,108
1-12 MONTH	472	17,010,635
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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