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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

Access to Health Care

Health Insurance

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Children's Health

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Children's Insurance Coverage

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What's New Highlights

New Publications
Statistical Brief 566: Recent Changes in Treatment Patterns for Diagnosed or Treated High Cholesterol, 2018-19 to 2021-22. This statistical brief uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component (MEPS-HC) to describe changes in patterns of treatment for adults with diagnosed and/or treated high cholesterol from 2018-19 to 2021-22.

Under New Data Files
The MEPS HC-252: MEPS Panel 27 Longitudinal Data File is a two-year longitudinal file of respondents from the MEPS Panel 27 sample. The persons included in this file represent those who were in the MEPS population (U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized) for all or part of the 2022-2023 period.

New Publications
Research Findings 53: Sources of Health Insurance among Adults with Long COVID: Estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2024. This Research Findings uses data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) to estimate the prevalence of ongoing symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 ("Long COVID"), the prevalence of activity-limiting Long COVID, and the prevalence of sources of health insurance among adults reporting Long COVID and activity-limiting Long COVID.

AHRQ will conduct a virtual MEPS-HC Data Users' Workshop on September 30th, 2025.
This workshop will provide basic knowledge of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) and an opportunity to construct data files for beginner and experienced users alike. MEPS topics will be presented in a lecture format and will include an interactive session where you can learn how to analyze MEPS data using the R programming language. For more information and registration instructions, click here.

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