This public use data file is one in a series of event-level public use data files drawn from the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC). Released as an ASCII file with SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements and in SAS transport format, this public use file provides information on the purchase of and expenditures for medical equipment, supplies, glasses and other medical items for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of the utilization and expenditures associated with medical items during the 2000 calendar year. This file consists of 2000 data obtained in the 2000 portion of round 3 and rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 4, as well as rounds 1, 2 and the 2000 portion of round 3 for Panel 5 of the survey (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2000).
For more information, see MEPS HC-054: 1999 and 2000 MEPS HC Survey Data. Readme fileUpdate notes
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.
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