Skip Navigation U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research Quality www.ahrq.gov
AHRQ Home | Questions? | Contact Us | Viewers & Players | What's New | Browse | Información en español | E-mail Updates   E-mail Updates
www.ahrq.gov
MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Font Size:
Contact MEPS FAQ Site Map  
S
M
L
XL
spacer
Home
 MEPS Home
 About MEPS
 :: Survey Background
 :: Workshops & Events
 :: Data Release Schedule
 Survey Components
 :: Household
 :: Insurance/Employer
 :: Medical Provider
 :: Survey Questionnaires
 Data and Statistics
 :: Data Overview
 :: MEPS Topics
 :: Publications Search
 :: Summary Data Tables
 :: MEPSnet Query Tools
 :: Data Files
 :: Data Centers
 Communication
 :: What's New
 :: Mailing List
 :: Discussion Forum
 :: Participants' Corner

 


The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. Learn more about MEPS.

   ""
Contact MEPS
New to MEPS?
Select a profile:
• General user
• Researcher
• Policymaker
• Media
• Survey participant
MEPS Topics
bullet Access to Health Care bullet Health Insurance bullet Prescription Drugs
bullet Children's Health bullet Medical Conditions bullet Projected Data/Expenditures
bullet Children's Insurance Coverage bullet Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP bullet Quality of Health Care
bullet Elderly Health Care bullet Men's Health bullet State and Metro Area Estimates
bullet Health Care Costs/Expenditures bullet Mental Health bullet The Uninsured
bullet Health Care Disparities bullet Obesity bullet Women's Health
 
Click here for full topic list ...
What's New Highlights
New Data Files
Two additional public use files have been added to the site and are now available: MEPS 2015 Full Year Population Characteristics (HC-174) and MEPS 2015 Jobs File (HC-176).

New Publications
"Per person out-of-pocket expenditures for adults with multiple chronic conditions were more than twice as high as those for adults who had one or no chronic condition ($1,294 versus $595)." — From Statistical Brief 498: Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Adults with Health Care Expenses for Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2014

New Data
A new Household Component Public Use File, HC-173, has been posted. This public use file provides information on preventive health care data collected for calendar year 2014. The Preventive Care Self-Administered Questionnaire was fielded during Panel 18 Round 5 of the 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). The survey was designed to collect a variety of person-level preventive health care data for a subset of adults age 35 and older.
To access a list of all the latest items posted on our Web site, visit What's New.

 
MEPS HOME . CONTACT MEPS . MEPS FAQ . MEPS SITE MAP . MEPS PRIVACY POLICY . ACCESSIBILITY . COPYRIGHT