Post on 24-Dec-2015
AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference
AHRQ Data Resources to Inform Health Policy Research:
The Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS)
Anita Soni, Ph.D.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MEPS OVERVIEW
MEPS Overview
History & Purpose Survey Components & Design Sample Core Content Supplemental CAPI sections &
Questionnaires Public Use Files Dissemination of Data
MEPS History
1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey
1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey
1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MEPS-HC Purpose & Uses
Estimates and tracks annual health care use, expenditures and insurance coverage
Provides estimates of expenditures and sources of payment by selected demographic variables
Used for policy-related and behavioral research on the determinants of health care use, spending, and insurance coverage
Used in microsimulation models to analyze alternative health care delivery proposals
MEPS Survey Components
MEPS-HC -- Household Component
MEPS-MPC -- Medical Provider Component
MEPS-IC -- Insurance Component
MEPS-HC Survey Design
Sub-sample of respondents from the previous year’s National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Representative of the civilian non-institutionalized population of the US
Five in-person interviews over 2 ½ year period using Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
Interviews average 90 minutes with a range of one to four hours
Oversampling in MEPS Panels 7-15 (2002-2010)
Carryover from NHIS– Blacks– Hispanics– Asians (panels 12-15 after 2006 NHIS redesign)
Additional MEPS Oversampling– Asians – Low income (panels 7-13)– Blacks (panels 9-11, 13-15)– Hispanics (panels 13-15)
MEPS Panel Design: Data Reference Periods
2007 2008 2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Panel 11 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Panel 12 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Panel 13 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Panel 14 Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Sample Size N = 29,370 N =31,262 N =34,920
N is equal to the number of people with a positive person weight on the file.
MEPS-HC Sample Sizes
Year Families Persons1996 8,655 21,5711997 13,087 32,6361998 9,023 22,9531999 9,345 23,5652000 9,515 23,8392001 12,852 32,1222002 14,828 37,4182003 12,860 32,6812004 13,018 32,7372005 12,810 32,3202006 12,811 32,5772007 11,615 29,3702008 12,316 31,2622009 13,875 34,920
MEPS-HC Core Interview Content
Demographics Charges and Payments Health Status Conditions Utilization Employment Health Insurance
MEPS- HC Supplemental CAPI Sections
Sections asked in rounds 2 and 4: Access to care Child preventive health Satisfaction with health plans &
providers
Sections asked in rounds 3 and 5: Assets (round 5 only) Income Preventive Care
MEPS-HC Supplemental Paper Questionnaires
Diabetes Care Survey (DCS)• Given once a year to each person identified as
having diabetes• Includes questions about diabetes related tests
and managing diabetes
Adult Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ)• Given once a year to each adult 18 years old and
older• Focuses on self-reported information such as
opinions about health care issues and quality of care measures, assessment of own health, and height /weight.
MEPS-HC Caveats and Limitations
Sample size limitations preclude some analyses
Typically, one respondent provides data for the entire household
Household respondents may not be able to report accurately certain types of information– type of health plan– detailed event information– diagnoses
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MEDICAL CONDITIONS DATA
Medical Conditions File
Medical Conditions File contains
Household reported data
Data on Conditions
Data on Procedures
Medical Conditions File Structure
Each record represents unique condition or procedure for a person
Persons may be represented on file once, several times or not at all
Can be linked to person and event files for analysis
MEPS Condition Roster
One roster per person Cumulates medical conditions reported across MEPS interviews Interviewer records verbatim responses to questions in the following 4 sections:
– Condition Enumeration– Priority Conditions (yes/no)– Medical Events – Disability
Condition Enumeration
We're interested in learning about health problems that may have bothered (PERSON) {since (START DATE)/between (START DATE) and (END DATE)}. – Health problems include physical conditions,
accidents, or injuries that affect any part of the body as well as mental or emotional health conditions, such as feeling sad, blue, or anxious about something.
Condition Enumeration
Asked in every round
Has a time frame (since last interview until today)– Responses recorded verbatim and coded into 5
digit ICD9 codes– Responses directly linked to conditions roster– Chronic/priority conditions appear only once on
the roaster– Acute conditions can have many records– Responses aggregated across rounds for the
annual responses
Priority Conditions
New section since Panel 12 Separate section of questionnaire Series of questions asking if “ever” had
condition– “yes/no” responses, no ICD9 coding– responses of yes with a current utilization
record will appear on person’s condition roster Factors used in determining priority
conditions– Prevalence– Expenditures– Policy relevance
Priority Conditions List
Heart disease Heart attack Angina High cholesterol Cancer Stroke High blood pressure Diabetes Asthma Arthritis/Joint pain Emphysema Chronic bronchitis Attention deficit disorder
Medical Events
What conditions were discovered or led (PERSON) to make this visit? PROBE: Any other condition? IF CONDITION IS ALREADY LISTED, ASK: Is this the same (NAME OF CONDITION) that we have already talked about before?– Types of visits
Inpatient Outpatient Emergency Room Office Based Home Health
Conditions associated with Prescribed Medicine purchases:– What health problem is (MEDICINE) prescribed for?
PROBE: Any other health problems?
Event Count Variables
Indicates number of events associated with condition for person:– Home Health (HHNUM)– Inpatient stays (IPNUM)– Hospital outpatient (OPNUM)– Office-based (OBNUM)– Emergency room (ERNUM)– Prescription Medicine purchases
(RXNUM)
Disability Days Condition Questions
Missed school or work– What are the health problems that caused
(PERSON) to miss work/school on those days? PROBE: Any other health problems?
Bed days– What are the health problems that caused
(PERSON) to spend half day or more in bed on those days? PROBE: Any other health problems?
Reporting and Recording Conditions
Respondents may report having the same condition more than once– Interviewer probes whether occurrence
of condition already reported– Each unique episode of a condition
recorded only once person may have multiple colds in year each cold has separate record
Reporting and Recording Conditions
Respondents may report having the same condition more than once– Interviewer verifies that these are
different occurrences of the condition– Each unique episode of a condition is
recorded only once person may have more than one cold in a
year each cold has a separate record
Accidents and Injury Questions
Following items asked if relevant to reported condition:– date of accident– place (work, home, school, etc.)– cause (gun, vehicle, fall, fire, etc.)– whether or not the person has recovered
from the injury
Condition Coding and Editing
Fully specified ICD-9 CM codes (up to 5 digits)
ICD-9 condition codes collapsed to 3 digits to maintain confidentiality
Approximately 10% of condition codes are collapsed further by combining 2 or more 3-digit codes
Procedure Coding and Editing
Only obtained from Medical Events Questions
Fully specified ICD-9 CM codes (up to 4 digits)– Collapsed to 2-digit codes– Approximately 3% collapsed further by
combining 2 or more 2-digit codes
Clinical Classification Codes (CCC)
ICD-9 codes aggregated into broad clinically meaningful categories
Edited to preserve confidentiality Crosswalk included in documentation Formerly Clinical Classification for
Health Policy Research (CCHPR)
Condition-Event Link Files
Used to link conditions to:– Persons on person files
all reported conditions or just those associated with events
– Events on event files most conditions associated with events
already included on event files
Separate link file for prescribed medicines
National Estimates of Conditions
Most appropriate to estimate “treated prevalence”– MEPS website summary data tables on
Expenditures by Medical Condition Condition more likely to be
underreported if:– respondent/person not aware– not salient or bothersome– no medical care received
Condition Data Limitations/Caveats
Household-reported – One respondent usually providing
information for all household members Many recorded text strings not easily
classifiable into ICD-9 codes Limited information on procedures Not suitable for prevalence estimates More salient conditions tend to be
better reported
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures
Health Care Utilization
MEPS household respondents asked to report all health care use for family members during reference period
Utilization is called an “event” in MEPS Event type categories:
– Office-Based Medical Provider Visits (OB)– Hospital Inpatient Stays (IP)– Outpatient Department Visits (OP)– Emergency Room Visits (ER)– Dental Visits (DN)– Prescription Medicine Purchases (RX)– Home Health Care (HH)– Other Medical Expenses (OM)
Health Care Expenditures Collected at the event level Represent payments to providers of
the health care Payments are reported by source
(e.g., out-of-pocket, private insurance, public program)
Total expenditure is sum of payments across all sources of payment
Source of Payment Categories
Self or family Medicare Medicaid/SCHIP Private
insurance VA
TRICARE Other federal
gov’t State or local
gov’t Worker’s comp Other insurance
Sources of Expenditure Data
Expenditures derived from two survey components:– Medical Provider Component (MPC)– Household Component (HC)
MPC data used when available HC data used when no MPC data
available Events with no MPC or HC data on
expenditures are imputed– results in no missing values
Sources of Expenditure Data by Event Type
Event type HC MPCOB: Physician yes yesOB: Non-Physician yes noIP/OP/ER (hospital events) yes yesDN yes noRX no* yesHH: Agency no yes
HH: Paid independent yes noOM yes no
*Except for self-filers
Annual Utilization and Expenditure Data
Annual data cumulated across approx 2 ½ rounds of data collection
Event level files– Separate by type of service– Unique record for each reported event
Some persons have no events Some persons have multiple events
Person-level file (full year consolidated) Variables derived from event level
Event Level File Record Units
EVENT TYPE RECORD UNIT
OB visit
OP visit
ER visit
IP stay
DN visit
HH month
RX original script or refill
Event File Expenditure Variables:OB, DN and OM
12 expenditure by source of payment variables
A total expenditure variable – sum of 12 source of payment
variables
A total charge variable– provider’s charge before
adjustment or discount
Hospital Event Files Expenditure Variables: IP, OP, and ER
Facility Expenditure Variables – 12 expenditure by source of payment variables– A total facility expenditure variable– A total facility charge variable
Separately Billing Doctor Expenditure (SBD) Variables– 12 SBD expenditure by source of payment variables– A total SBD expenditure variable – A total SBD charge variable
Total Expenditures for the event– Sum of facility and SBD expenditures
Total charges for the event– Sum of facility and SBD charges
Common Variables in Event Files
Person/event ID Date(s) of care (not RX) Services/procedures Type of provider (not
RX,ER,IP) Expenditure variables Full year person weight Variance estimation variables Imputation flag
Event Files: Medical Conditions
IP – Up to 4 per event
OB, OP, ER & RX– Up to 3 per event
HH – Need to obtain from condition file
DN & OME – No medical conditions
IP variables
Have operation? Stay begin with ER visit? Number of nights in hospital Reason for stay (5 broad reasons) Stay related to specific condition (yes
or no); if yes, provide condition(s) VA facility?
Diagnostic Tests/Services Received During OB, OP, or ER Visit
Laboratory tests Sonogram/
Ultrasound X-ray Mammogram MRI/CAT SCAN
EKG/ECG EEG Vaccination Surgery Anesthesia Other tests or
exams
Main Medical ProviderOB and OP Visits
Specialty if a physician– 33 specialties plus “other”
Type of provider if not a physician– 17 types plus “other”
Treatments During an OB or OP Visit
Physical therapy Occupational
therapy Speech therapy Chemotherapy Radiation
therapy
Kidney dialysis IV therapy Treatment for
drug or alcohol Received allergy
shot Psychotherapy
or counseling
Category of Care Received During an OB or OP Visit
General checkup Diagnosis or
treatment Emergency Well child exam Follow-up or
post-op visit
Psychotherapy or mental health counseling
Maternity care Immunizations or
shots Laser eye
surgery
Prescribed Medicines (PMED) Event File
Each record represents an original RX script or refill – Includes diabetic supply/equipment and
insulin purchases– Contains drug characteristic and
expenditure variables
PMED File Expenditure Variables
Source – Nearly all MPC (pharmacy) data– Some source of payment information
collected from households filing their own insurance claims
Variables– 12 expenditure by source of payment– Total expenditure variable – No total charge variable
Variables in the PMED File
Household Component (HC) variables collected in each round– Medicine name– Number of times purchased– Used to treat a condition– Date first used – Pharmacy information– Names of free samples– Who files prescribed drug insurance claims
Drug characteristics
Drug characteristics included for each prescribed medicine event – Medication name– National drug code (NDC)– Quantity dispensed (e.g., 50)– Form (e.g., suspension)– Strength (e.g., 10)– Unit of measurement of form (e.g., cc) and strength
(e.g., mg)– Brand/generic designation (from Multum Lexicon)– Therapeutic class, sub-class, and sub sub-class (from
Multum Lexicon) – Pregnancy category (from Multum Lexicon)
Home Health (HH) Event File
Three broad categories – Agency care (including hospitals
and nursing homes)– Paid independent providers– Informal providers (e.g., family and
friends) Each record in file represents
monthly aggregate for specific type of care
HH File Expenditure Variables
Agency care– 12 expenditure by source of payment
variables – A total expenditure variable – A total charge variable
Paid independent providers– Same expenditure variables as Agency
care
Informal care – No expenditure variables
Home Health Variables
Type of worker(s) provided– Agency care only
Type of care
Amount of care– (frequency and length of visits)
Dental Event FileType of Provider Seen
General dentist
Dental Hygienist
Dental Technician
Dental Surgeon
Orthodontist
Endodontist
Periodontist
Other
Dental Services and Procedures
Diagnostic or preventative Restorative or endodontic Periodontic (gum treatment) Oral surgery Prosthetics Orthodontics Other procedures
OTHER MEDICAL EXPENDITURES FILE
TYPE (OMTYPEX) RECORD UNITGlasses or contacts roundAmbulance services annual
Orthopedic items annualHearing devices annual
Prosthesis annualBathroom aids annual
Medical equipment annualDisposable supplies annual
Alterations/modifications annualOther annual
Flat Fees
What is a Flat Fee?– Fixed dollar amount paid for a group of
health care services– Common examples: orthodontic,
prenatal care Flat Fee ID: FFEEIDX Flat fee structure (FFevTYPE)
– Stem - Initial medical visit - expenditures– Leaf - subsequent medical visits - zero
expenditures
Zero Dollar Events
Reasons for $0 total expenditures– Flat fee leaf event from prior year– Follow-up visit without extra charge– Free care – Bad debt
Annual Person-Level File with Expenditure Data
Full Year Consolidated File– One record for each person in MEPS– Summary of all events and expenditures
Appendix 1 of documentation contains naming conventions for use and expenditure variables
– No detail on expenditures or characteristics of individual events
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
HEALTH INSURANCE DATA
Health InsurancePublic Use Files, 2008-2010
MEPS HC-125 : 2010 P14R3/P15R1, Point-in-Time Population Characteristics
MEPS HC-123: 2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
MEPS HC-119: 2008 Person Round Plan Public Use File
2010 Point-in-TimePublic Health Insurance Variables
TRINW31X COV BY TRICARE AT INTERVIEW – EDITED
MCARE31X COV BY MEDICARE – EDITED
MCAID31X COV BY MEDICAID – EDITED
OTPUBA31 COV BY/PAYS OTH GOV MCAID HMO
OTPUBB31 COV BY OTH PUBLIC NOT MCAID HMO
STPRG31 COV BY STATE SPECIFIC PROGRAM
PUB31X COV BY PUBLIC INS - EDITED
2010 Point-in-TimePrivate Health Insurance Variables
PRIEU31 COV BY PRIV EMPL/UNION PLAN
PRIDK31 COV BY PRIV DK PLAN PRING31 COV BY NONGROUP PLAN PRIOG31 COV BY OTH GROUP PLAN PRIS31 COV BY SELF-EMP-1 INS PRIOUT31 COV BY HOLDER OUTSIDE
RU PRIV31 COV BY PRIVATE INS INSRD31X INSURED - EDITED
2010 Point-in-TimePolicy Holder Insurance Variables
HPRIEU31 HOLDER OF PRIV EMPL/UNION PLAN
HPRIDK31 HOLDER OF PRIV DK PLAN HPRING31 HOLDER OF NONGROUP
PLAN HPRIOG31 HOLDER OF OTH GROUP
PLAN HPRIS31 HOLDER OF SELF-EMP-1
INS HPRIV31 HOLDER OF PRIV INS
PLAN
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Public Insurance
Month by month indicators
TRIJA09X-TRIDE09X - TRICARE MCRJA09X-MCRDE09X - Medicare MCDJA09X-MCDDE09X - Medicaid/SCHIP OPAJA09-OPADE09 - managed care, other public
insurance OPBJA09-OPBDE09 - not managed care, other
public insurance STAJA09-STADE09 - state-specific program
participation PUBJA09X-PUBDE09X - indicates public insurance
in month
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Private Insurance
Month by month indicators
PEGJA09-PEGDE09 - employer/union group insurance
PNGJA09-PNGDE09 - non-group private insurance POGJA09-POGDE09 - other group private insurance PDKJA09-PDKDE09 - don't know source of insurance POUJA09-POUDE09 - policy holder is outside the
household PRSJA09-PRSDE09 - self-employed with firm size of 1 PRIJA09-PRIDE09 - indicates private insurance in
month Policy Holders (repeat of Private) "H"
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Summary Variables
Month by month indicators
PUBJA09X-PUBDE09X - indicates public insurance in month
PRIJA09-PRIDE09 - indicates private insurance in month
INSJA09X-INSDE09X - indicates any insurance in month
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Summary Variables (continued)
UNINS09 – uninsured all of 09 INSCOV09 – health insurance
indicator 09– 1 = Any Private during 2009
– 2 = Public Only during 2009
– 3 = Uninsured all of 2009
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Managed Care
Public insurance
Medicare Managed Care Plan
Medicaid or SCHIP HMO
Medicaid/SCHIP Gatekeeper Plans
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Managed Care
Private insurance
Private HMOs Private HMO Plans that Pay for Visits to Non-Plan
Doctors Private Gatekeeper Plans Private Gatekeeper Plans that Pay for Visits to
Non-Plan Doctors Private Plan that has a Book or List of Doctors Private Plan that has a Book or List of Doctors
that Pays for Non-Plan Visits
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Ever Covered During the Year
TRIEV09 - by TRICARE MCREV09 - by Medicare MCDEV09 - by Medicaid OPAEV09 - managed care, other public insurance OPBEV09 - not managed care, other public insurance PRVEV09 - by private health insurance
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
Medicare Part D
MCRPD31X– Medicare prescription drug benefit
(Part D), Rounds 3 and 1 MCRPD42X
– Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D), Rounds 4 and 2
MCRPD09X– Medicare prescription drug benefit
(Part D), end of year
2009 Full Year Population Characteristics Data File
DENTIN31/42/53 – round specific variables– Covered by a private health insurance plan
that included at least some dental coverage
PMEDIN31/42/53 – round specific variables– Covered by a private health insurance plan
that included at least some prescribed medicine coverage
Person Round Plan Public Use File (PRPL)
Reflects complex and dynamic relationships between people and their private insurance.
Contains records for persons with – Hospital/physician coverage – Medigap – Dental, vision, or prescription medication
coverage
Contains variables pertaining to managed care and satisfaction with plan.
Out-of-pocket premiums (starting in 2001).
MEPS-IC (Insurance Component)
■ Collects data from private and public sector employers on the health insurance plans they offer their employees.
■ Contains information on types of private insurance plans offered, premiums, contributions by employers and employees, eligibility requirements and cost information.
■ Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
■ Conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau
MEPS-IC Sample
Nationwide, private and public sector establishments
The sample contains about 40,000 establishments and supports national and state-level estimates for all 50 states.
Survey data available for 1996 through 2009 (not 2007)
MEPS-IC Sample Design
Private establishments from the Census Bureau’s Business Register– Approximately 42,000 establishments sampled
State and local governments from the Census of Governments– Approximately 2,500 governmental units
sampled
Types of Information Collected
Establishment-level (location) characteristics
Health insurance plan characteristics
Firm-level (company) characteristics
Establishment-level (Location) Characteristics
Number of active employees Whether or not establishment offers
health insurance Number of plans offered Number of employees eligible for
health insurance and number enrolled (full-time and part-time employees separately).
Workforce characteristics
Health Insurance Plan Characteristics
Premiums (single, employee-plus-one, family)
Contributions Plan types (by type of provider
arrangement) Self-Insured / Fully-Insured Enrollments (single, employee-plus-one,
family coverage) Deductibles / Co-payments
Firm (Company) Characteristics
Size
Industry
Age of firm
Retiree offerings
Employee characteristics
MEPS-IC Data
Annual estimates– National– State– some Metro areas
Data Census Bureau Confidential - Public Use Files not available
Methodology Reports available on MEPS website
MEPS Public Use Files
MEPS Public Use Files
MEPS–HC Most files are on the website and are called Public Use files. These files can be downloaded from MEPS website
MEPS-IC No data files are available. The data is posted on the MEPS website in the tabular form
MEPS-MPC Data is used to impute the data collected in MEPS-HC, no separate MPC files are available for public use
Levels of MEPS-HC Public Use Files
Person Level - detailed person information
Event Level - detailed event information
Condition Level - detailed condition information
Job Level - detailed job information
Types of MEPS-HC Files
Full-year Files – Contain expenditure and utilization data for the calendar year from several rounds of data collection.
– Full Year Consolidated Data File – Event File– Medical Conditions File – Jobs File – Person Round Plan Public Use File
Point-in-time Files - Data for the beginning of the year providing early glimpses of what full-year estimates will likely be.
MEPS/NHIS Link Files - Cross-walk files that allow merging of Household Component files and NHIS files.
Details on MEPS PUFs
Documentation Files– Contain general information about MEPS– Contain survey information specific to each file– Contain variable-source crosswalk to link back to
questionnaire items
File Codebooks– Contains names and location of all variables – List both weighted and unweighted estimates
Data files and related documentation are available for downloading on MEPS Web site: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND DATA
PRODUCTS
MEPS Web Site
Materials on the MEPS Web site: – Questionnaires
Core and Supplemental– Summary data tables
Expenditures by Health Care Service Expenditures by Medical Condition Health Insurance Quality of Care Prescription Drugs State-Level Medical Expenditures Access to Care
– Interactive MEPS query tool – MEPSnet– Publications
Statistical Briefs Methodology Reports Research Findings
Data User Workshops
Information will be posted on Workshops and Events section of web site
For inquiries please e-mail: Workshopinfo@ahrq.hhs.gov
MEPS Publications Statistical Briefs: Easy-to-read, concise graphical
summaries of MEPS data Research Findings and Highlights: Tables and
summaries of descriptive statistics Methodology Reports: Detailed information on MEPS
sample design and survey methods Chartbooks: Policy-sensitive topics in an accessible
question-and-answer format Working Papers: Preliminary analyses of methodological
and technical issues by AHRQ staff Research in Action: Analyses using research results from
AHRQ-sponsored studies, including MEPS data
AHRQ Data Center (ADC) Provides researchers access to non-
public use MEPS data (except directly identifiable information);
Location of data analysis – on secure LAN at AHRQ– Census Remote Data Center (RDC)
ADC Application And Procedures
Submit proposal to Data Center coordinator
Review within 2 weeks for feasibility, and data availability
Institutional Review Board (IRB) review required
Application procedures in detail are on the MEPS web site
ADC Fees
User fee of $300 for approved projects to cover technical assistance, simple file construction, and/or up to 4 hours of programming support from data contractor
User fee waived for full-time graduate students working on dissertations or other degree requirements, and Federal Government agencies
Fee is also waived if you use any of the Census Bureau's Remote Data Centers (RDC); if there are any additional fees required by the Census Bureau, user is responsible for those fees
ADC Guidelines
Researcher may bring data in, but not out Researcher has access only to data needed for
approved project All tabular data will be reviewed for
confidentiality before release from Center Only approved tables can leave the Center Center will store data files, foreign merge files,
and all outputs needed for replication
MEPS Web Analytical Tools
The MEPS web site contains two web analytical tools:
MEPSnet Query Tools
Customizable Summary Data Tables
MEPSnet Query Tools
MEPSnet is a collection of analytical tools offering online capability to generate MEPS estimates. The tools are divided into two sections:
MEPSnet/Household Component MEPSnet/HC
MEPSnet/Insurance Component MEPSnet/IC
Customizable Summary Data Tables
The following MEPS Summary Data Tables are customizable:
All of the Expenditures by Health Care Service Tables
All of the Expenditures by Medical Condition Tables
All of the Quality of Care Tables
Only Table 1, Usual Source of Health Care and Selected Population Characteristics, United States from the Access to Care Tables