Major Areas of Health Research Topics Using MEPS Data Access Access Use Use Expenditures Expenditures Health insurance Health insurance Health status and conditions Health status and conditions Quality Quality

Access

Individuals age 18 to 64 with no usual source of care, by health insurance status, 2002 Percent

Percent distribution of usual source of care by race/ethnicity, 2002

Health insurance status of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, age 18 to 64, 2002 Percent

Health Insurance

MEPS, 1996–2004: Percentage of children under age 18, by all-year insurance status Percent Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, AHRQ, Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996–2004 Full-Year Files

MEPS, 1996–2004: Number of children under age 18, by all-year insurance status Number in millions Source: Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, AHRQ, Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 1996–2004 Full-Year Files

Percentage uninsured by age, U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population under age 65, 2001–2004 Percent

Use

Percent of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population with an expense, by type of service, 2003

Percentage of children 0 to 4 years old that had at least one antibiotic prescription during the year, 1996 to 2000 Percent

Percentage of adults age 18 and over reported to have health service use* for headaches, by age and sex, average annual, Percent Age * Health service use includes ambulatory visits and/or prescription drug purchases for migraines or other headaches. Sex

Expenditures

Mean expense per person with expenses in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, by type of service, 2003

Average and median out-of-pocket expenses for health care,* by age, 2003 Dollars

Average payment for an emergency room visit, by type of service received, 2003 Dollars *Other services include any of the following: laboratory test, sonogram or ultrasound, X-ray, mammogram, MRI, CAT scan, EKG, ECG, EEG, vaccination, anesthesia, and other miscellaneous diagnostic tests.

Quality

Among children < 18 who had appointments for regular or routine health care in the last 12 months, percent distribution of getting them as soon as wanted by race/ethnicity, 2000 Note: Total includes Hispanic, black, white, and other races not shown separately. Source: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2000

Treatment of sore throats for children under 18: Selected measures by metropolitan area status, 2002–2004 (average annual) Percent

Women age 18 to 64 who received a Pap test at recommended intervals, by health insurance status, 2002 Percent

Women age 40 to 64 who received mammogram screening at recommended intervals, by health insurance status, 2002 Percent

Men age 50 to 64 who received a PSA test at recommended intervals, by health insurance status, 2002 Percent

Health Status and Conditions

Individuals age 18 to 64, mean expenditures for health care, by health status, 2002 Individuals age 18 to 64, mean expenditures for health care, by health status, 2002 Dollars

Expenditures for the five most costly conditions, 1997 and 2002 In billions of 2002 dollars *Expenditure estimates for 1997 inflated to 2002 dollars using the medical consumer price index.

Chronic diseases among diabetics, non-diabetics, and all adult U.S. population, 2003 Percent

Distribution of expenses for injury-related conditions, by cause, 2002

Percentage of adults 18 years or older who currently smoked, by selected chronic conditions, 2003 Percent

Other AHRQ Data Products Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS)

HCUP Family of healthcare databases and software tools to analyze hospital discharge data include: Family of healthcare databases and software tools to analyze hospital discharge data include: – State Inpatient Databases (SID) – State Ambulatory Surgery Databases (SASD) – State Emergency Dept Databases (SEDD) – National Inpatient Sample (NIS) – Kids Inpatient Database (KID)

HCUP Tools CCS Software CCS Software Quality Indicators (QI’s) Quality Indicators (QI’s) Co-morbidity software Co-morbidity software HCUP-net HCUP-net

CAHPS Standardized tools to assist consumers assess choices in health care plans and services, and to provide basis for quality improvement. Standardized tools to assist consumers assess choices in health care plans and services, and to provide basis for quality improvement. National CAHPS Benchmarking Database (NCBD) – facilitates comparisons of CAHPS results among different sponsors. National CAHPS Benchmarking Database (NCBD) – facilitates comparisons of CAHPS results among different sponsors

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