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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
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Upcoming Event
Registration is now open for a MEPS data users workshop featuring introductory lectures, programming exercises, and hands-on computer lab. The workshop will take place April 26-27, 2010, at the AHRQ Data Center, Rockville, MD. Go to Workshops & Events to learn more details.

New Publications
MEPS releases two Statistical Briefs examining expenditures for therapeutic prescription drugs by looking at Medicare beneficiaries, Statistical Brief 280: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Medicare Beneficiaries, Age 65 and Older, 2007, and the entire U.S. adult population, Statistical Brief 279: Expenditures for the Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs, Adults Age 18 and Older, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007.

While 15.2 percent of persons under age 65 were uninsured for all of 2007, the full-year uninsured comprised 23.1 percent of those in the bottom half of spenders for both 2006 and 2007. Only 3.2 percent of those under age 65 who remained in the top decile of spenders in both years were uninsured for all of 2007. From Statistical Brief 278: The Concentration and Persistence in the Level of Health Expenditures over Time: Estimates for the U.S. Population, 2006-2007.
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