Released as an ASCII file (with related SAS and SPSS programming statements) and a SAS transport dataset, this public use file provides information collected on a nationally representative sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population of the United States for calendar year 2007. This file consists of MEPS survey data obtained in Rounds 3, 4, and 5 of Panel 11 and Rounds 1, 2, and 3 of Panel 12 (i.e., the rounds for the MEPS panels covering calendar year 2007) and contains variables pertaining to survey administration, demographics, employment, health status, quality of care, patient satisfaction, health insurance and person-level medical care use counts. The 2007 Full-Year expenditure and income data will be forthcoming.
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.
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