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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. Learn more about MEPS.

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New Data Files
Additonal event-level public use files have been added to the site and are now available for public use: 2010 Appendix to MEPS 2010 Event Files (HC-135I); 2010 Full Year Consolidated Data File (HC-138); 2010 Medical Conditions File (HC-137); 2010 Person Round Plan File (HC-136).

New Publications
Trauma-related disorders ranked among the top five most costly medical conditions in terms of health care expenditures with a total of $80.8 billion. - From Statistical Brief 387: Expenditures for Trauma-Related Disorders, 2009: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population.

In 2009, an estimated 29.4 million people in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population purchased prescribed psychotherapeutics, with 27.3 million purchasing antidepressants and 5 million purchasing antipsychotic medications. - From Statistical Brief 386: Use and Expenses for Prescribed Psychotherapeutics, by Subclass, 2009: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population.

The top five most commonly treated conditions among men ages 18-39 in 2009 included trauma-related disorders, asthma*, mental disorders, acute bronchitis*, and skin disorders. - From Statistical Brief 385: Health Care Expenditures for the Five Most Commonly Treated Conditions of Men Ages 18 to 39, 2009.

The proportion of children with at least one office-based visit has increased from 70.1 percent in 1999 to 74.9 percent in 2009. - From Statistical Brief 384: Use of Ambulatory Care among Children, 1999 and 2009.

New Tabular Data
Top Prescribed Drugs Tables for 2010 (Tables 1.1-2.2) collected from the MEPS Household Component are now available. These tables include data on prescribed drugs and total expenditures.
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