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	<title>News from the PRI Library and Data Archive &#187; MEPS</title>
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		<title>MEPS: 2007 Population Characteristics</title>
		<description>Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) has released the 2007 Full Year Population Characteristics data file.

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/06/30/meps-2007-population-characteristics/</link>
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		<title>Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data Users Workshop</title>
		<description>The PRI Library has received an announcement of a MEPS workshop to be held May 6-7, 2009 in Rockville, MD. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/03/03/medical-expenditure-panel-survey-meps-data-users-workshop/</link>
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		<title>MEPS:  2006 Population Characteristics</title>
		<description>MEPS has released the  2006 Full Year Population Characteristics data file.

PRI researchers may request the above data from the Data Archivist. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/07/22/meps-2006-population-characteristics/</link>
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		<title>MEPS:  2005 Data Available</title>
		<description>The MEPS 2005 Full Year Consolidated data file, documentation and codebook files are now available to Penn State Researchers in SodaPop and PopNet. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/01/29/meps-2005-data-available/</link>
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		<title>MEPS:  Errata Notice</title>
		<description>MEPS has announced an Errata for all data housed at PRI.

The variable FOODCT04 should not be used because it is based on an invalid question in the survey instrument. This question asks "About how much did the family pay each month for food stamps?" when in fact, as of 1979, ...</description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/12/22/meps-errata-notice/</link>
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		<title>HSAs more costly for women</title>
		<description>High-deductible health insurance plans are more costly for women, because women need more routine medical exams, according to a new study using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data. (Washington Post) </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/04/11/hsas-more-costly-for-women/</link>
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		<title>MEPS Data User Workshop</title>
		<description>The PRI Library has received an announcement from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for a two-day hands-on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data User Workshop. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/03/08/meps-data-user-workshop/</link>
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		<title>New MEPS reports: Expenditures, employer-sponsored health insurance, attitudes, and methodology</title>
		<description>New reports from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS):

	Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans That Required No Employee Contribution to the Premium Cost, 1998-2004 (Statistical Brief #155)
	Dental Expenditures in the 10 Largest States, 2004 (Statistical Brief #156)
	Regional Differences in Total and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Selected Types of Office-Based Visits, 2004 ...</description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/02/19/new-meps-reports/</link>
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		<title>MEPS:  2004 Data Updated</title>
		<description>The MEPS 2004 Full Year Consolidated data file, documentation and codebook files have been updated and are now available to Penn State Researchers in SodaPop and PopNet.  These files reflect the revisions in the family weight variables FAMWT04F and FAMWT04C. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/02/09/meps-2004-data-updated/</link>
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		<title>MEPS 2004 Now Available on PopNet UNIX and SodaPop</title>
		<description>The newly released MEPS 2004 Full Year Consolidated Data and documentation is now available in PopNet Unix and the PRI MEPS SodaPop Collection. </description>
		<link>http://info.pop.psu.edu/2006/11/10/meps-2004-now-available-on-popnet-unix-and-sodapop/</link>
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