Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	PROXY5
Description:	WAS RESPONDENT A PROXY IN R5
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	200
End:	201

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	171	6,568,058
1 RESPONDENT IS RU MEMBER	8,647	335,286,749
2 RESPONDENT IS A PROXY	54	1,676,903
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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