Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	EXPLOP2
Description:	PROV EXPLNS OPTIONS TO PERS-R2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	2251
End:	2252

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DK	181	6,725,149
-7 REFUSED	6	329,355
-1 INAPPLICABLE	2,506	103,635,673
1 YES	5,947	224,497,308
2 NO	232	8,344,225
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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