Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release Schedule

MEPS Household Component public use data files (including documentation and codebooks) and Insurance Component summary data tables are released on this website on a regular annual schedule. The schedule for 2025 is as follows:

March 2025:

2023 Jobs File
2023 Full Year Population Characteristics File

May 2025:

1996-2023 MEPS-NHIS Link Files
2023 Other Medical Expenses File
2023 Dental Visits File
2023 Home Health File

June 2025:

2023 Hospital Inpatient Stays File
2023 Emergency Room Visits File
2023 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File
2023 Outpatient Visits File

July 2025:

2023 Prescribed Medicines File
2024 MEPS-IC Private Sector Tables

August 2025:

1996-2023 Pooled Linkage File for Common Variance Structure
1996-2023 Replicate File for BRR Variance Estimation
Appendix to MEPS 2023 Event Files
2023 Medical Conditions File
2023 Full Year Consolidated Data File
2023 Person Round Plan File

September 2025:

2022-2023 MEPS Panel 27 Longitudinal Data File

November 2025:

2024 MEPS-IC Public Sector Tables
2024 MEPS-IC Civilian Tables

Page last updated: August 28, 2025

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