Released as an ASCII file (with related SAS, SPSS, and STATA programming statements) and a SAS transport dataset, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States for calendar year 2016. This file consists of MEPS survey data obtained in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 of Panel 20 and Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Panel 21 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2016) and consolidates all of the final 2016 person-level variables onto one file. This file contains the following variables previously released on HC-184: survey administration, language of interview variable, demographics, parent identifiers, health status, disability days variables, access to care, employment, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health insurance, and use variables. The HC-192 file also includes these variables: income variables and expenditure variables.
*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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