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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)

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
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

Citation	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]
Agency Program Page	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Agency Data Series Page	MEPSnet/IC Query Tool

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	private establishments, state and local governments
Granularity	State and selected metro areas within state
Geographic Coverage	United States of America

Data Description

Collection Mode	Telephone prescreener, mail questionnaires, telephone follow-up
Data Collection Instrument	http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/survey_ic.jsp
Data Dictionary/Variable List	N/A

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetICInfo.shtml
Additional Metadata	N/A

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology	Several helpful links are provided on the MEPS Insurance Component page http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp
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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