meps {GJRM.data}R Documentation

MEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (year 2012)

Description

Subsample of the 2012 MEPS data, collected and published by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Usage

data(meps)

Format

meps is a 10638 row data frame with the following columns:

general

General health: 1 excellent, 2 very good, 3 good, 4 fair, 5 poor.

mental

Mental health (as above).

bmi

Body mass index.

income

Income.

age

Age.

gender

Male 1, Female 0.

ethnicity

1 white, 2 black, 3 native american, 4 others.

education

Education in years.

region

1 Northeast, 2 Midwest, 3 South, 4 West.

hypertension

Equal to 1 if hypertension present and 0 otherwise.

hyperlipidemia

Equal to 1 if hyperlipidemia present and 0 otherwise.

dvisit

Number of doctor (physicians) visits.

ndvisit

Number of non doctor visits (non-physician providers).

dvexpend

Expenditure on doctor visits.

ndvexpend

Expenditure on non doctor visits.

Source

https://meps.ahrq.gov


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