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MEPS H50 CODEBOOK
2000 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
CODEBOOK
DATE: March 22, 2004

Variable Name: MAINPR42
Description: AC25A MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1757
End: 1758

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT00F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
22,034
247,710,564
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
1,948
18,354,116
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
232
2,872,546
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
39
421,482
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
46
505,200
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
46
581,503
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
15
208,935
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
124
1,113,698
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
14
134,710
10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
19
181,547
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
96
1,082,235
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
24
239,682
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
84
726,555
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
83
1,014,448
91 OTHER
292
3,258,296
TOTAL
25,096
278,405,516


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