163837 Meps Events Files

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 11:00 AM

Jeffrey A. Rhoades, PhD , Center for Financing, Access, Cost and Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
The presentation on the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey event files will cover the following medical events for the year 2004: inpatient stays, emergency room visits, outpatient visits, office-based visits, home health visits, dental visits, prescribed medicines and other medical expenses. Content of the presentation will cover information on utilization and associated expenditures for the above medical events. Discussion will also focus on instrument design and content.

Learning Objectives:
Identify eight different MEPS event files and describe their usage, as well as differences and similarities between the files.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.