Abstract #301312

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301312
Activity Number: 72
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Health Policy Statistics
Abstract - #301312
Title: Design and Estimation Strategies and Innovations in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the Measurement of Trends in Health Care Expenditures
Author(s): Steven B. Cohen*+
Companies: Agency of Healthcare Research & Quality
Address: 12327 Old Canal Rd., Potomac, MD, 20854-6225,
Keywords: medical expenditures ; MEPS ; health costs
Abstract:

The capacity to conduct detailed analyses of the health care expenditure experience of the population each year, and to examine patterns over time, are two major features of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The MEPS was designed to produce annual estimates of the health care utilization, expenditures, sources of payment and insurance coverage of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population. It is recognized that a very small proportion of the population accounts for a disproportionate share of the overall costs incurred for health care. Consequently, additional attention and prioritization has been given to data collection procedures and estimation strategies that help improve the quality of the survey estimates that characterize this policy relevant population subgroup. By adopting additional quality control procedures in the data collection and expenditure estimation procedures for the population subset characterized by high levels of medical expenditures,the overall accuracy of the national expenditure estimates are improved. This paper provides an overview of the innovations in the MEPS to support the measurement of health care expenditures and related time trends.

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