Validating Household Reports of Health Care Use in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Health care use and costs for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: national estimates from the medical expenditure panel survey.

CONTEXT Although attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent chronic condition of childhood, little is known about patterns of health care use and associated expenditures. OBJECTIVE To compare health care use and costs among children with ADHD, children with asthma, and the general pediatric population. DESIGN AND SETTING The 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, ...

Modeling Usage of Medical Care Services: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data, 1996-2000

We explore the determinants of usage of six different types of health care services, using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, years 1996-2000. We apply a number of models for univariate count data, including semiparametric, semi-nonparametric and finite mixture models. We find that the complexity of the model that is required to fit the data well depends upon the way in which the data i...

Investigation of Variance Components in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Statistical methodology has been developed to decompose total variance into sources of variation. These sources of variation are usually referred to as components of variance. There are different reasons for attempting to produce variance components. In models decomposing the variance is often done in order to increase the accuracy of the model. In the finite population setting, variance is usu...

Income Measurement in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Health Status and Attitudes Towards Health in Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Sample Population

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that lack of health insurance is associated with important clinical characteristics, including using fewer health care services, delaying seeking medical care and forgoing necessary care for potentially serious symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between health status and attitude about health in sample Medical Expenditure Panel Survey population (MEPS). ...