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MEPS Topics: Priority Conditions -- General
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Priority Conditions -- General
Description: The Priority Conditions section of the MEPS-HC questionnaire, added in 2000 (Panel 4 Round 5 and Panel 5 Round 3), collects information about a select group of medical conditions including sore or strep throat, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina, heart attacks, other heart disorders, strokes, emphysema, joint pain, and arthritis. MEPS collects information about a select group of medical conditions that have been specified by the Agency for HealthCare Research and Quality as "priority conditions." These conditions, selected for their prevalence, expense, or relevance to policy, are: hypertension, heart disease, high cholesterol, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, asthma, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD), and stroke. In addition to the tables and publications below, person-level data files with priority condition variables can be downloaded for analysis.
Data tables: The Expenditures by Medical Condition tables of the HC Summary Data Tables contain information on expenditures, persons, and events for all conditions.
Analytic tools: No priority conditions variables are available in the MEPSnet query tools at this time.
AHRQ Podcasts: Healthcare 411 Series: Cholesterol Levels 02:00 (MM:SS)
Healthcare 411 Series: Women and Cardiovascular Disease 01:13 (MM:SS)
Healthcare 411 Series: Diabetes Testing 00:45 (MM:SS)
Publications: Publications are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
The Five Most Costly Children's Conditions, 2006: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Children, Ages 0-17 
Statistical Brief #242 
Total Medical and Prescription Expenditures by Current Asthma Status and Whether Asthma Daily Preventive Medicine Is Being Taken, United States, 2006 
Statistical Brief #241 
Choice of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors versus Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers among Hypertensive Adults: Nationally Representative Estimates, 1997-2004 
Working Paper #9001 
Health Insurance Coverage of Near Elderly Individuals, Ages 55-64, 2006 
Statistical Brief #239 
Asthma Preventive Medicine in 2006 - Who Takes Them? 
Statistical Brief #237 
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2006 
Statistical Brief #232 
Arthritis: Use and Expenditures among U.S. Adult Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005 
Statistical Brief #222 
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005 
Statistical Brief #199 
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2005 
Statistical Brief #198 
Estimating the Cost of Illness: The Case of Diabetes 
Working Paper #8001 
Aspirin Use among the Adult U.S. Noninstitutionalized Population, with and without Indicators of Heart Disease, 2005 
Statistical Brief #179 
Asthma Treatment and Management among the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004 
Statistical Brief #152 
Proportion and Medical Expenditures of Adults Being Treated for Diabetes, 1996 and 2003 
Statistical Brief #146 
Persistence in Medicare Prescription Drug Expenditures by Treatment Class 
Working Paper #6006 
The High Concentration of U.S. Health Care Expenditures 
Research in Action #19 
Trends in the Use of Diuretics to Treat Hypertension, 1997 and 2003 
Statistical Brief #120 
Diuretic Use in the Treatment of Hypertension, by Selected Population Characteristics, 2003 
Statistical Brief #119 
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003 
Statistical Brief #110 
The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expenses for the Medicare Population Age 65 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2003 
Statistical Brief #109 
Diabetes Management: Tests and Treatments among the 18 and Older U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in 2003 
Statistical Brief #105 
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