Title: |
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Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Collection and Editing in the 2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
Description: |
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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) collects a wealth of data on outpatient prescription drug use among the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Household Component (HC) respondents report prescription drugs obtained by members of the household and the number of times each drug was obtained. In addition, the Medical Provider Component (MPC) collects detailed information on prescription prices, payers, and drug attributes from pharmacies.
This report describes the household and pharmacy data collection and editing processes, the editing and imputation techniques used to supply values for missing data in the pharmacy database, the procedure linking the data reported by the pharmacy to each prescription drug reported by the household, and recent improvements in these procedures. Statistics on these methods are presented for the 2021 MEPS. |
Author(s): |
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Salam Abdus, PhD, Steven C. Hill, PhD, and Rebecca Ahrnsbrak, MPS |
Agency: |
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Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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