Medical Expenditure Panel Survey MEPSnet Insurance Component (MEPSnet/IC)
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of Health and Human Services |
| Sub-Agency: | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| Category: | Health and Nutrition |
| Date Released: | December 2001 |
| Date Updated: | July 2008 |
| Time Period: | 1996-2006 |
| Frequency: | annual |
| Description: | The MEPS-IC is an annual survey of establishments that collects information about employer-sponsored health insurance offerings in the United States. With MEPSnet/IC you have easy access to national and state-level statistics and trends about employer-based health insurance. It provides statistics and trends about health insurance offered by private establishments as well as national and regional health insurance estimates for State and local governments. MEPSnet/IC guides you through a step-by-step process to obtain the statistics you need. MEPSnet/IC generates statistics using the 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 data from the MEPS Insurance Component Tables. (more) |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Tool Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Statistical |
| Keywords | health insurance premiums, health insurance enrollees, employer-based health insurance, health insurance, health insurance plans |
| Unique ID | 26 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. MEPSnet/IC http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetIC.jsp. [Date of access]
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| Agency Program Page | Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
| Agency Data Series Page | MEPSnet/IC Query Tool |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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private establishments, state and local governments
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| Granularity | State and selected metro areas within state |
| Geographic Coverage | United States of America |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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Telephone prescreener, mail questionnaires, telephone follow-up
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| Data Collection Instrument | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/survey_ic.jsp |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | N/A |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| Additional Metadata | N/A |
Statistical Information
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Statistical Methodology
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Several helpful links are provided on the MEPS Insurance Component page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp
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| Sampling | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/mr6/mr6.pdf and http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/mr18/mr18.pdf |
| Estimation | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/mr14/mr14.pdf |
| Weighting | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/mr8/mr8.pdf |
| Disclosure avoidance | Responsibility of the U.S. Census Bureau, the MEPS IC data collection agency |
| Questionnaire design | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/ic_data_collection.jsp |
| Series breaks | In preparation for improvements in the data collection process, 2007 data for the Insurance Component was not collected |
| Non-response adjustment | http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/mr8/mr8.pdf |
| Seasonal adjustment | N/A |
| Statistical Characteristics | Standard errors are provided for all estimates posted on the MEPS Web site. |
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