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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. Learn more about MEPS.

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MEPS Topics
bullet Access to Health Care bullet Health Insurance bullet Prescription Drugs
bullet Children's Health bullet Medical Conditions bullet Projected Data/Expenditures
bullet Children's Insurance Coverage bullet Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP bullet Quality of Health Care
bullet Elderly Health Care bullet Men's Health bullet State and Metro Area Estimates
bullet Health Care Costs/Expenditures bullet Mental Health bullet The Uninsured
bullet Health Care Disparities bullet Obesity bullet Women's Health
 
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What's New Highlights
Upcoming Events
SAVE THE DATE for the MEPS One Day Data Users' Workshop. September 19, 2017, Rockville, MD. More details . . .

New Data
AHRQ has released four new MEPS data files containing 2015 data: The 2015 Hospital Inpatient Stays File (HC-178D); the 2015 Emergency Room Visits File (HC-178E); the 2015 Outpatient Visits File (HC-178F); and the 2015 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File (HC-178G).

AHRQ has released a new MEPS data file containing the 2015 Home Health File (HC-178H).
This follows AHRQ's recent release of two MEPS data files containing 2015 data, the 2015 Dental Visits File (HC-178B) and the 2015 Other Medical Expenses File (HC-178C).
The twenty-first point in time data file has been added to the site; this public use data file is now available: MEPS 2016 P20R3/P21R1 Population Characteristics (HC-177).

To access a list of all the latest items posted on our Web site, visit What's New.