Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Files

This series contains data from a nationally representative sample of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population about the cost of medical care at both the person and household levels.

Data include demographic characte ristics, health conditions, health status, use of medical care services, charges and payments, access to care, satisfaction with care, health insurance coverage, income, and employment. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.