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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: MAINPR4
Description: MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY,R4
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3056
End: 3057

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
11,810
251,552,257
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
910
17,698,604
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
137
2,994,733
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
14
374,698
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
32
595,587
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
32
517,824
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
12
322,282
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
68
1,064,377
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
9
166,906
10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
6
137,791
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
44
949,978
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
11
232,548
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
45
915,465
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
44
1,057,906
91 OTHER
142
3,365,069
TOTAL
13,316
281,946,024


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