Transcript MEPS Overview

Analytical Tools
 Summary Data Tables
 MEPSnet Query Tools
MEPS-HC Summary Data
Tables
 Predefined tables of topical interest
 Sub-populations can be defined and
Stub variables can be reformatted on
selected tables
MEPS Data Tables-HC
 Health Care Expenses by Person
Characteristics (age, sex, race, insurance
coverage, location.)
 Health Care Expenses by Health Condition
(people, events, and total expenditures by
site of service)
 Health Insurance Coverage by Person
Characteristics (age, sex, race,
employment status, location.)
MEPS Data Tables-HC
 Quality Measures (diabetic care, preventive
care, barriers to care, access to care,
experiences with health care)
 Top 10 Prescribed Drugs (ranking, total
expenditures, persons with expenditures)
 State Expenditure Tables (top 29 states)
Planned Table Updates
 2004 Expenditure/Condition/Quality
/Prescribed Drug Tables/State
Expenditures – December
 First Half Health Insurance- June
 Full-year insurance tables will be
added next year
Example of MEPS-HC State
Level Table
Example of MEPS-HC
Insurance Table
MEPS-IC Summary Tables
 Nation Level – Private sector estimates by firm size,
industry group, other characteristics; public sector
data by government type, government size, and
census division; national totals for enrollees and cost
of health insurance for both private and public sectors
 State Level – Private sector estimates by firm size,
state, industry, ownership, age of firm, employee
characteristics, and average wage quartiles
MEPS-IC State Level Example
Private Sector Data by Firm
Size and State
Establishments by Firm Size
and State, 2004
MEPSnet Interactive Query
Tool
 An on-line interactive statistical
computer system
 Provides immediate access to data in
a non-programming menu driven
environment
 MEPSnet is a set of statistical tools
– MEPSnet/HC – Person-level health
expenditure estimates
– MEPSnet/IC – Employer-based health
insurance estimates
MEPS-net HC
 Currently has the capacity to produce use,
expenditure, source of payment and health
insurance estimates for all years (including
standard errors)
 Chronic Condition indicator variables will be
added next year
MEPS-net HC
Select Data Year
Select Variables
Select Statistics
Generate Statistics/Standard
Errors
MEPSnet IC Interactive
Data Query Tool
 Step-by-Step search for estimates.
 Estimates shown for all years available.
 Graphical display of year-to-year trend
with two-standard deviation error bars
displayed.
 Links back to table from which data
derived.
MEPSnet/IC
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Interactive Web-based tool provides national, and State-by-State, and public
sector insurance data in tabular format
MEPS-net IC QueryPremiums
Select Persons Covered
Select Plan Type
Select Premium Statistic
Select Firm Characteristics
Select Firm Size
MEPS-net IC Trend Graph