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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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Upcoming Events
Registration is now open for the one-day MEPS workshop Using MEPS Data in Health Services Research at the 2008 Annual APHA Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, CA. For more information, go to APHA.

Registration is now open for the one-day MEPS workshop Using MEPS Data in Gerontological Health Services Research at the 2008, GSA 61st Annual Scientific Meeting to be held in National Harbor, MD. For more information, go to GSA.

New Publication
For state and local government employees enrolled in family coverage through their employer, the average premium was $11,763 while the average employee contribution towards premiums was $2,058 in 2006. —From Statistical Brief 223: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for State and Local Governments, by Census Division, 2006.

New Summary Tables
MEPS releases a new series of medical conditions tables providing mean expenses per person with selected conditions distributed across types of services. The tables are customizable and are available from 1996-2005. For more information, go to 1996-2005 MEPS Household Eexpenditures by Medical Condition Tables (Table 3.a): Mean Expenses per Person with Care for Selected Conditions by Type of Service.
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