This public use data file is one in a series of public use event files from the 2023 MEPS HC.
It was released as an ASCII data file (with related SAS, SPSS, R, and Stata programming
statements and data user information) and as a SAS dataset, a SAS transport file, a Stata dataset,
and an Excel file. The 2023 Other Medical Expenses public use event file (hereafter referred to
as the OME PUF) provides information on the purchases of and expenditures for visual aids,
medical equipment, supplies, and other medical items for a nationally representative sample of
the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Data from the OME PUF can be used to make
estimates of the Other Medical event expenditures associated with medical items for the calendar
year 2023. The purchase of medical equipment, supplies, and other medical items is based
entirely on household reports. They were not included in the Medical Provider Component
(MPC); therefore, all expenditure and payment data on the OME PUF are reported by the
household.
For more details on loading MEPS PUFs into R, SAS, and Stata, please visit the MEPS GitHub page.
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.
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