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1. Statistical Brief #165: Personal Health Behaviors for Heart Disease Prevention among the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004 (pdf file)
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st165/stat165.pdf
   March 01, 2007 - The American Heart Association guidelines recommend several prevention measures that can help prevent … Other measures—such as not smoking, engaging in physical exercise regularly, and maintaining healthy … Healthy weight BMI = less than 25 Body mass index (BMI) Body mass index is a measure of body fat … Heart disease prevention measures among the U.S. … All three measures None Figure 2.

2. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Survey Questionnaires
   meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/survey.jsp
   July 18, 2025 - , measures of financial strain, stress, food security, physical activity, transportation issues, measures … of social connectedness, measures of loneliness, experiences of discrimination, experiences … The health care quality measures in the SAQ were taken from the health plan version of CAHPS … ®, an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure quality of care from the … questions from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®) and the Living with Illness Measure

3. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Survey Questionnaires
   meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/survey.jsp
   July 18, 2025 - , measures of financial strain, stress, food security, physical activity, transportation issues, measures … of social connectedness, measures of loneliness, experiences of discrimination, experiences … The health care quality measures in the SAQ were taken from the health plan version of CAHPS … ®, an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure quality of care from the … questions from the Consumer Assessment of Health Plans (CAHPS®) and the Living with Illness Measure

4. Statistical Brief #137: Treatment of Sore Throats: Antibiotic Prescriptions and Throat Cultures for Children under 18 Years of Age, 2002–2004 (Average Annual) (pdf file)
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st137/stat137.pdf
   August 01, 2006 - Variations in these three measures are examined by selected demographic characteristics and insurance … * National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA): The State of Health Care Quality 2004; HEDIS Measures … Treatment of sore throats for children under 18: Selected measures, 2002–2004 (average annual) 14.0 … Treatment of sore throats for children under 18: Selected measures by age, 2002–2004 (average annual … Treatment of sore throats for children under 18: Selected measures by metropolitan area status, 2002

5. Statistical Brief #8: Access to Urgent Medical Care: 2001 (pdf file)
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st8/stat08.pdf
   February 27, 2025 - The quality of care measures were taken from an AHRQ-sponsored instrument, the Consumer Assessments … About MEPS and CAHPS77 This Statistical Brief summarizes an access and quality of care measure pertaining … The health care quality measures used for this study were taken from the Consumer Assessments of Health … Plans (CAHPS7), an AHRQ sponsored instrument to measure quality of care by consumers.

6. AHRQ Statistical Brief #493: Insurance Coverage of Ambulatory Care Visits in 2011-13 and 2014, by Medicaid Expansion Status (pdf file)
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st494/stat494.pdf
   October 01, 2016 - Measures of use We examined three visit measures in this report: (1) annual ambulatory physician visits … 13 (uninsured, public, private, non-Marketplace) or from zero (Marketplace coverage and net change measures … 13 (uninsured, public, private, non-Marketplace) or from zero (Marketplace coverage and net change measures … 13 (uninsured, public, private, non-Marketplace) or from zero (Marketplace coverage and net change measures … 13 (uninsured, public, private, non-Marketplace) or from zero (Marketplace coverage and net change measures

7. STATISTICAL BRIEF #483: Experiences with Health Care Providers during Non-Emergency Care among Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st483/stat483.shtml
   November 01, 2015 - As described below, there were notable variations in these four provider communication measures by age … This was consistent for other measures of communication from providers. … Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®), an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure … CAHPS®, an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure quality of care from the … SAQ weights were used to create the weighted estimates.

8. Using Appropriate Price Indices for Expenditure Comparisons
   meps.ahrq.gov/about_meps/Price_Index.shtml
   May 01, 2025 - Expenditures         X 3 (Guideline 3) Trends with Income Measures … charges as the fundamental expenditure concept, whereas the MEPS uses payments to measure … The CPI prescription drug index in the table does not account for rebates because MEPS measures … used as covariates in behavioral analyses of health care spending and/or to construct measures … Adjusting Health Expenditures for Inflation: A Review of Measures for Health Services

9. Research Findings #43: Average Annual Opioid Use among Adults Treated for Conditions Associated with Chronic Pain versus Other Conditions, 2013-2015 (pdf file)
   meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf43/rf43.pdf
   August 01, 2019 - at least one outpatient1 prescription fill during the year) and levels of use (two different annual measures … The three measures of opioid use presented in this report are: 1) percentage of adults with one or more … The first measure reflects any opioid use while the second and third measures reflect degree of use. … In addition to comparing overall estimates for these three measures across the condition subgroups, … These two level-of-use measures are consistently highest among those treated for chronic pain conditions

10. RESEARCH FINDINGS #43: Average Annual Opioid Use among Adults Treated for Conditions Associated with Chronic Pain versus Other Conditions, 2013-2015
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf43/rf43.shtml
    August 01, 2019 - least one outpatient 1 prescription fill during the year) and levels of use (two different annual measures … The three measures of opioid use presented in this report are: 1) percentage of adults with one or more … The first measure reflects any opioid use while the second and third measures reflect degree of use. … In addition to comparing overall estimates for these three measures across the condition subgroups, we … These two level-of-use measures are consistently highest among those treated for chronic pain conditions

11. Sources for Questions in the MEPS Social and Health Experiences Self-Administered Questionnaire (SAQ) (pdf file)
    meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/SHE_Sources.pdf
    December 10, 2021 - (2017), “Institute of Medicine Measures of Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health: A Feasibility … “Validity of a Single-Item Measure of Stress Symptoms,” Scandinavian Journal of Work, 29(6), 444-451

12. Methodology Report #11: Sample design of the 1997 MEPS Household Component
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr11/mr11.shtml
    November 01, 2000 - Within sample PSUs, a sample of blocks (segments) was selected after the blocks were stratified by measures … Mean estimates of the following measures of health care utilization and expenditures at the person level … (An imputation strategy was used to derive this measure, since data were unavailable from the 1996 NHIS … for Point-in-Time Estimates Each panel was given equal weight in the development of sampling weights … Rates for Full-Year Estimates Each panel was given equal weight in the development of sampling weights

13. Chartbook #2: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health 1996
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb2/cb2.shtml
    February 01, 1999 - One way to measure access to care is to ask whether people have a usual source of care—a person … These data provide a snapshot of racial and ethnic disparities in a variety of measures of health in … Future MEPS data can be used to follow trends in these measures over time, as well as to provide additional … Additional measures of health status, including health conditions and functional limitations.

14. STATISTICAL BRIEF #482: Specialist Need and Access among Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2012
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st482/stat482.shtml
    November 01, 2015 - The health care quality measures in the SAQ were taken from the health plan version of Consumer Assessment … Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®), an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure … Responses of "never" and "sometimes" were combined to measure the difficulty in access to the specialists … SAQ weights were used to create weighted estimates.

15. STATISTICAL BRIEF #438: Spells of Uninsurance: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2012
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st438/stat438.shtml
    May 01, 2014 - Rhoades, PhD Highlights Hispanics were the most likely to be uninsured regardless of the measure … In 2012, persons living in the South and West regions were more likely to be uninsured for all measures … Percentage uninsured Hispanics were the most likely to be uninsured regardless of the measure of uninsurance … Persons living in the South and West regions were more likely to be uninsured for both measures of uninsurance

16. Statistical Brief #438: Spells of Uninsurance: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population under Age 65, 2012 (pdf file)
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st438/stat438.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Percentage uninsured Hispanics were the most likely to be uninsured regardless of the measure of uninsurance … Persons living in the South and West regions were more likely to be uninsured for both measures of uninsurance … Highlights Hispanics were the most likely to be uninsured regardless of the measure of uninsurance when … In 2012, persons living in the South and West regions were more likely to be uninsured for all measures

17. Statistical Brief #106: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2003 (pdf file)
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st106/stat106.pdf
    December 01, 2005 - of population subgroups, the survey design permits estimation with reasonable precision for certain measures … The brief examines selected measures for the U.S. community population, including 1) the proportion

18. STATISTICAL BRIEF #414: Estimates of Health Care Expenditures for the 10 Largest States, 2010
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st414/stat414.shtml
    June 01, 2013 - of population subgroups, the survey design permits estimation with reasonable precision for certain measures … The Brief examines selected spending measures for the U.S. population, including 1) the proportion of

19. STATISTICAL BRIEF #274: Variations in Perceived Need and Access to Specialist Care among Adults in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007
    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st274/stat274.shtml
    December 01, 2009 - paper-and-pencil questionnaire that was designed to collect a variety of health status and health care quality measures … The health care quality measures in the SAQ were taken from the health plan version of Consumer Assessment … Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®), an AHRQ-sponsored family of survey instruments designed to measure

20. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Home
    meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/
    January 01, 2024 - supplement, which was last administered in 2021, collects a variety of health status and health care quality measures