Attachment 17 – HC Who Uses MEPS Data

Who Uses MEPS?

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a national survey of families and individuals and of their medical providers. Data from MEPS have been used to estimate health care use, spending, and private and public insurance coverage in the United States.

MEPS researchers include statisticians, social scientists, and health services researchers in universities around the United States; government agencies; and private organizations. In 2010, MEPS users came from the following organizations:

Private­Sector Organizations

AARP

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Center for Studying Health System Change

Commonwealth Fund

Ernst & Young

Institute for Health Policy Solutions

Kellogg Foundation

Lewin Group

Mathematica Policy Research

Mayo Clinic

MedImmune

National Association of Chain Drug Stores

National Minority Quality Forum

New York Times

RAND Corporation

Research Triangle Institute

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Urban Institute

USA Today

Wall Street Journal

Government Agencies

Administration on Aging

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Congressional Budget Office

Department of Agriculture

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Labor

Department of the Treasury

Department of Veterans Affairs

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Government Accountability Office

Maryland Health Care Commission

National Cancer Institute

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institute of Mental Health

Office of Management and Budget

Senate Committee on Aging

Senate Finance Committee

Senate Joint Committee on Taxation

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Universities

Baylor College of Medicine

Boston University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dartmouth University

Duke University

Emory University

Georgetown University

Harvard Medical School

Johns Hopkins University

Northwestern University

Princeton University

Purdue University

Stanford University

Texas A&M University

University of Alaska

University of Colorado

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Washington

Vanderbilt University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Yale University

For more information on MEPS, visit the MEPS Web site at

http://www.ahrq.gov/data/mepsix.htm.