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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H38 CODEBOOK
1999 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE
DATE: July 18, 2005

Variable Name: MAINPR42
Description: AC25A MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1472
End: 1473

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT99F
-1 INAPPLICABLE
21,802
247,605,892
1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE
1,877
17,645,811
2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY
310
3,705,163
3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION
22
205,223
4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET
44
564,410
5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN
33
379,937
6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY
13
86,368
7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP
84
795,701
8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE
14
128,353
14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK
72
1,042,565
15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE
24
197,552
16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES
48
514,637
18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG
81
1,236,350
91 OTHER
194
2,302,806
TOTAL
24,618
276,410,767


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