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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H48 CODEBOOK
PANEL 3 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE
DATE: May 23, 2013

Variable Name: MAINPR4
Description: MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY,R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 2833
End: 2834

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,025
251,559,899
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
739
18,356,188
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
126
3,737,827
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
8
198,049
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
14
510,404
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
5
120,829
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
1
28,726
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
43
900,860
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
1
41,410
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
26
762,999
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
10
105,587
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
25
491,364
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
31
1,192,270
91 OTHER
68
1,875,033
TOTAL
10,122
279,881,445


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