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OBPAEXSEL
Annual total of direct health care payments from self/family to office-based physician assistants

Description

For all persons, OBPAEXSEL captures the sum of direct payments made by the person and the person's family for care provided by office-based physician assistants during the year. Payments for over-the-counter drugs and indirect payments not related to specific medical events, such as Medicaid Disproportionate Share and Medicare Direct Medical Education subsidies, are not included in this amount. For more information on how MEPS collects expenditure data, please refer to our user note on medical expenditures.

Related variables
Variables related to total annual health care expenditures by source of payment, total annual health care expenditures by type of medical service, and total annual health care charges are also available. Please refer to our user note on expenditures for a list of these variables.

Codes

OBPAEXSEL is a 6-digit numeric variable.

Comparability

This variable is completely comparable over time.

Universe

  • 1996-2016: All persons.

Availability

  • 1996-2016

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