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MEPS Topics: Access to Health Care
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Access to Health Care
Description: Access to health care information is collected in the Access to Care (AC) section of the MEPS-HC questionnaire. Topics include family members' origin and preferred languages, family members' usual source of care, characteristics of the usual source of health care providers, satisfaction with and access to the usual source of health care provider, and access to medical treatment, dental treatment, and prescription medicines. In addition to the tables and publications below, person-level data files with access to health care variables can be downloaded for analysis.
Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
Lack of Reliable Transportation for Daily Living Among Adults: United States, 2021 
Statistical Brief #558 
Trends in the Number and Percentage of the Population with Any Dental or Medical Visits, 2003-2018 
Statistical Brief #537 
Insurance and Access to Care in Urban and Rural Areas, 2014-2015 
Statistical Brief #512 
Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015, by Age—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey 
Statistical Brief #509 
MEPS Medical Provider Component Medical Organizations Survey:
Is a Linked Survey Strategy More Successful In Getting Office Based Medical Providers to Participate in a Survey?
 
Working Paper #17002 
Characteristics of Practices Used as Usual Source of Care Providers during 2015—Results from the MEPS Medical Organizations Survey 
Statistical Brief #502 
Children's Usual Source of Care: Insurance, Income, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities, 2004-2014 
Statistical Brief #501 
Experiences with Health Care Providers during Non-Emergency Care among Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012 
Statistical Brief #483 
Specialist Need and Access among Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012 
Statistical Brief #482 
Veterans' Usual Source of Care, 2009-2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population 
Statistical Brief #479 
Spells of Uninsurance: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2013 
Statistical Brief #476 
Health Insurance Status of Young Adults, Ages 19-25, 2013 
Statistical Brief #475 
The Long-Term Uninsured in America, 2009-2012 (Selected Intervals): Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65 
Statistical Brief #464 
Access to Health Care of Adult Men and Women, Ages 18-64, 2012 
Statistical Brief #461 
National Health Care Expenses Per Person in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012 
Statistical Brief #457 
National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, Distributions by Type of Service and Source of Payment, 2012 
Statistical Brief #456 
Access and Experiences Regarding Health Care: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Age 18 and Older, 2010 
Statistical Brief #406 
Asthma Medication Use among Adults with Reported Treatment for Asthma, United States, 1998-1999 and 2008-2009 
Statistical Brief #378 
Trends in the Pharmaceutical Treatment of Asthma in Adults, 1998 to 2009 
Research Findings #33 
Changes in Adult Asthma Medication Use and Expenditures, United States, 1998-1999 to 2008-2009 
Statistical Brief #374 
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