The American Association for Public Opinion Research Presents the 2008 POLICY IMPACT AWARD to The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) at the The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: in recognition of their extraordinary, long-term group effort in contributing timely data and research that has informed US health care policy decisions.

PurposeThis study aimed to examine how Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data have been used to support scientific discoveries in biomedical and health sciences, and provide insight to researchers who are interested in using MEPS regarding collaborations and dissemination of research output.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric approach was used to systematically examine the publications that used MEPS data and were indexed by PubMed and Web of Science (WoS). Microsoft Excel and bibliometric tools (WoS and VOSviewer) were utilized for quantitative and bibliometric network analysis. The measures were investigated on the total number of publications by year, research categories, source journals, other datasets/databases co-used with MEPS, funding sources, collaboration patterns, and research topics.FindingsA total of 1,953 eligible publications were included in this study with the numbers growing significantly over time. MEPS data were primarily used in healthcare services, public environmental and occupational health research. The journals that published the most papers using MEPS were all in the healthcare research area. Twenty-four other databases were found to be used along with MEPS. Over 3,200 researchers from 1,074 institutions in 25 countries have contributed to the publications. Research funding was supported from federal, private, local, and international agencies. Three clusters of research topics were identified among 235 key terms extracted from titles and abstracts.Originality/valueOur results illustrated the broad landscape of the research efforts that MEPS data have supported and substantiated the value of AHRQ's effort of providing MEPS to the public.

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PDB89 PREDICTORS OF ROUTINE MONITORING OF DIABETES CARE AMONG THE US NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY (MEPS) IN 2007

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/s1098-3015(11)72147-7 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. A300-A301

Author(s):

Y Zhao ◽

V Fonseca ◽

C Campbell ◽

L Shi

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Diabetes Care ◽

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽

Medical Expenditure ◽

Panel Survey ◽

Routine Monitoring ◽

The Us

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Abstract PO-091: Access to healthcare and preventive services use by limited English proficiency (LEP) adults: Trends from the US Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2014–2018

10.1158/1538-7755.disp21-po-091 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Natalia Ramirez ◽

Leticia Nogueira ◽

Robin Yabroff ◽

Xuesong Han ◽

Stacey Fedewa

Keyword(s):

Limited English Proficiency ◽

English Proficiency ◽

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽

Preventive Services ◽

Access To Healthcare ◽

Medical Expenditure ◽

Panel Survey ◽

The Us ◽

Services Use

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Medical Spending in the US: Facts from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Dataset

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2631324 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Svetlana Pashchenko ◽

Ponpoje Porapakkarm

Keyword(s):

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽

Medical Expenditure ◽

Panel Survey ◽

Medical Spending ◽

The Us

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Patterns of Psychoactive Medication Use in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the US in 2016: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Aging and Health ◽

10.1177/0898264320959293 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 089826432095929

Author(s):

Rashmita Bajracharya ◽

Danya M. Qato

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Low Income ◽

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ◽

Survey Methods ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Medical Expenditure ◽

Psychoactive Medication ◽

The Us ◽

Psychoactive Medications

Objectives: We aim to quantify any use and long-term use patterns of psychoactive medications and explore differences in use by sociodemographic factors in older adults (60–85 years) using the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Methods: Prevalence estimates of any use and long-term use were calculated. Chi-square and crude odds ratios were calculated to estimate differences in any use and long-term use of psychoactive medication by sociodemographic characteristics of respondents. Results: Thirty percent of older adults in the US reported any use of psychoactive medications. Long-term use was significantly higher in women (28.3% [95% confidence interval: 26.5, 30.2]), white (27.8 [26.1, 29.7]), presently unmarried (27.5 [25.4, 29.7]), and low-income (30.3 [27.7, 32.9]) subgroups than in men (20.5 [18.4, 22.5]), Black (14.7 [12.3, 17.1]), presently married (22.8 [20.7, 24.9]), and high-income (21.1 [19.1, 23.1]) subgroups, respectively. Discussion: Despite continued risks associated with use, long-term use of psychoactive medications is prevalent in the older adult population in the US. Given the increased complexity of pharmacotherapy regimens in this population, enhanced efforts at improving use of psychoactive medications should be intensified.

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