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						MEPS
						data have been used extensively to provide national estimates
						of health care use and spending; private and public health
						insurance coverage; and the availability, cost, and scope of
						private health insurance benefits for the U.S. population and
						for subgroups of policy interest.
 
						MEPS
						data also have formed the basis for policy-related and
						behavioral research on the determinants of health care use,
						spending, and insurance coverage, as well as microsimulation
						models analyzing alternative health care delivery proposals.
						The data have been used extensively by researchers and
						policymakers in both the private and public sectors. 
							
							
							
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									Private
									Sector Users 
										Advisory
										Board Company
										
										American
										Academy of Family Physicians
										
										American
										Academy of Pediatrics
										
										American
										Association of Health Plans
										
										American
										Association of Retired Persons
										
										American
										Medical Association
										
										Association
										of American Medical Colleges
										
										Blue
										Cross/Blue Shield
										
										Children’s
										Defense Fund
										
										Commonwealth
										Fund 
										Consumers
										Union 
										Economic
										Policy Institute
										
										Employee
										Benefit Research Institute
										
										Ernst
										& Young
										
										Institute
										for Health Policy Studies
										
										Institute
										of Medicine
										
										Kaiser
										Permanente
										
										Lewin
										Group 
										MedPAC
										
										Merck
										and Company, Inc.
										
										National
										Academy of Sciences
										
										New
										York Times
										
										Project
										HOPE 
										RAND
										Corporation
										
										Research
										Triangle Institute
										
										United
										Healthcare Corp.
										
										Upjohn
										Pharmaceuticals 
										Urban
										Institute 
										 Internet
									Citation:
									Users of MEPS Data. AHRQ
									Publication No.01-P009 (replaces 00-P054). April 2004.
									Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
									http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/factsheets/fs_mepsusers.htm | 
									Public
									Sector Users 
										Office
										of the President of the United States
										
										Bureau
										of the Census
										
										Bureau
										of Economic Analysis
										
										Congressional
										Budget Office
										
										Council
										of Economic Advisors
										
										Department
										of Health and Human Services
										
										Assistant
										Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
										
										Centers
										for Disease Control
										
										Food
										and Drug Administration
										
										Health
										Care Financing Administration
										
										Health
										Resources and Services Administration
										
										National
										Institutes of Health
										
										Office
										of Minority Health
										
										Substance
										Abuse and Mental Health Services
										
										Administration
										
										Department
										of the Treasury
										
										Department
										of Veterans Affairs 
										Environmental
										Protection Agency 
									Analysts
									and Researchers at Universities 
										Baylor
										College of Medicine 
										Duke
										University 
										Emory
										University 
										Georgetown
										University 
										Harvard
										University 
										Johns
										Hopkins University 
										Northwestern
										University 
										University
										of California 
										University
										of Illinois 
										University
										of Michigan 
										University
										of North Carolina 
										University
										of Pennsylvania 
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