Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS H121 CODEBOOK

2008 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE

DATE: March 25, 2013

Variable Name:	YNOUSC42
Description:	AC07 MAIN REAS PERS DOESNT HAVE USC-R4/2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	1343
End:	1344

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY PERWT08F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	12	103,533
-8 DK	25	137,217
-7 REFUSED	8	68,743
-1 INAPPLICABLE	25,570	241,105,156
1 SELDOM OR NEVER SICK	4,592	39,406,161
2 RECENTLY MOVED TO AREA	405	3,567,019
3 DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO	123	1,101,061
4 USC IN AREA NOT AVAILABLE	157	1,799,665
5 CAN'T FIND PROVIDER WHO SPEAKS LANGUAGE	17	135,267
6 GOES DIFFERENT PLACES FOR DIFF NEEDS	218	2,151,877
7 JUST CHANGED INSURANCE PLANS	131	1,298,752
8 DON'T USE DOCS/TREAT SELF	186	1,859,597
9 COST OF MEDICAL CARE	1,294	8,836,369
10 INSURANCE-RELATED REASONS	153	942,795
11 JOB-RELATED REASONS	6	80,189
12 LOOKING FOR A NEW DOCTOR/NO DOCTOR YET	33	364,853
13 USC DOCTOR IS SOMEWHERE ELSE	13	96,514
14 DON'T LIKE/DON'T TRUST DOCTORS	7	91,487
15 HEALTH-RELATED REASONS	8	39,105
16 NEWBORN - NO DOCTOR YET	6	21,676
17 SELF, RELATIVE, OR FRIEND IS A DOCTOR	17	196,973
19 CARE AVAILABLE ON JOB	4	46,355
20 WILL NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR	2	14,092
21 PROBLEMS WITH TIME AND TRANSPORTATION	9	98,907
22 GOES TO HOSPITAL/EMERGENCY ROOM/CLINIC	13	144,366
23 USES ALTERNATIVE CARE	1	15,071
91 OTHER REASON	56	653,141
TOTAL	33,066	304,375,942