MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY DATA FOR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND HEALTH RESEARCH.

MEPS provides nationally representative, longitudinal data from 1996 to the present on health status, medical conditions, healthcare utilization, and healthcare expenditures for the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population. IPUMS MEPS harmonizes these data and allows users to create customized data extracts for analysis.

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JOIN US FOR THE IPUMS MEPS 2024 SUMMER DATA WORKSHOP!

IPUMS MEPS will host scholars for an intensive data training workshop on leveraging linkages in IPUMS MEPS on July 29-30, 2024 at the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus. This workshop will focus on the IPUMS version of MEPS-HC data with coverage of medical condition, event, and presription medication records as well as the longitudinal aspect of MEPS-HC data.The application deadline is April 24,2024.

There is no fee to attend the workshop, but space is limited. Travel support may be available.

What is IPUMS?

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context. Data and services available free of charge.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Stat/Transfer State Health Access Data Assistance Center University of Minnesota