title: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: an overview.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Md 20852, USA. scohen@ahrq.gov.
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality