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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Michelle Roberts, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2101 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20852, 301 594-6171, MRoberts@AHRQ.gov
Statement Of Purpose: MEPSnet is a new, web-based, statistical tool designed to analyze data collected from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). It interactively gives users the ability to generate nationally representative statistics of health care use, expenditures, sources of payment and insurance coverage for the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population. In addition, MEPSnet displays the output in tabular and graphical formats. While both the Household and the Insurance Component of MEPS utilize the MEPSnet system, this poster session will focus on how to use MEPSnet as it is applied to the Household Component (MEPSnet/HC). In particular, this poster session will illustrate how a typical MEPS research question could be answered using MEPSnet/HC. Because MEPSnet/HC is comprised of a series of steps or tabs, participants will be led through the steps required to reach an answer by following snapshots of the steps/tabs as they appear on actual web pages. The poster will include a display of a table of estimates and a table of standard errors that can be generated by MEPSnet/HC. For participants who are interested in discovering the significant difference between two or more estimates, the poster will illustrate the use of the MEPSnet z test feature.
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Keywords: Internet Tools, Healthcare Costs
Related Web page: www.meps.ahrq.gov/MEPSNet/MEPSnetIntro.htm
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.