MEPS {assessor}

Healthcare expenditure data

Description

Healthcare expenditure data set.

Usage

MEPS

Format

A data frame with 29784 rows and 29 variables:

EXP

the aggregate annual office based expenditure per participants, semicontinuous outcomes

AGE

Age

GENDER

1 if female

ASIAN

1 if Asian

BLACK

1 if Black

NORTHEAST

1 if Northeast

MIDWEST

1 if Midwest

SOUTH

1 if South

USC

1 if have usual source of care

COLLEGE

1 if colleage or higher degrees

HIGHSCH

1 if high school degree

MARRIED

1 if married

WIDIVSEP

1 if widowed or divorced or separated

FAMSIZE

Family Size

HINCOME

1 if high income

MINCOME

1 if middle income

LINCOME

1 if low income

NPOOR

1 if near poor

POOR

1 if poor

FAIR

1 if fair

GOOD

1 if good

VGOOD

1 if very good

MNHPOOR

1 if poor or fair mental health

ANYLIMIT

1 if any functional or activity limitation

unemployed

1 if unemployed at the beginning of 2006

EDUCHEALTH

1 if education, health and social services

PUBADMIN

1 if public administration

insured

1 if is insured at the beginning of the year 2006

MANAGEDCARE

if enrolled in an HMO or a gatekeeper plan

Source

http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/