Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 251

2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name:	EXPLOP42
Description:	PROV EXPLNS OPTIONS TO PERS-R4/2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	817
End:	818

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	359	5,939,430
-7 REFUSED	13	267,672
-1 INAPPLICABLE	5,450	100,251,892
1 YES	12,665	220,864,644
2 NO	432	7,206,635
TOTAL	18,919	334,530,273

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