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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H65 CODEBOOK
PANEL 5 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE
DATE: May 22, 2013

Variable Name: MAINPR2
Description: MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY,R2
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 3315
End: 3316

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
9,124
255,560,990
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
864
19,880,270
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
90
2,508,629
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
14
466,289
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
13
448,839
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
9
382,417
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
1
19,805
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
46
1,244,243
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
5
135,396
10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
13
299,439
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
40
1,354,448
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
13
304,925
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
15
502,040
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
35
963,134
91 OTHER
124
3,335,933
TOTAL
10,406
287,406,796


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