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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H58 CODEBOOK
PANEL 4 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE
DATE: May 22, 2013

Variable Name: MAINPR2
Description: MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY,R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3054
End: 3055

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,793
251,464,993
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
993
17,779,902
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
173
4,039,794
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
11
221,792
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
27
655,537
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
25
628,019
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
12
169,689
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
35
612,361
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
10
218,714
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
41
1,309,279
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
12
304,592
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
21
481,855
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
44
1,336,319
91 OTHER
119
2,723,177
TOTAL
13,316
281,946,024


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