Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Restricted Data Files

Restricted Data Files Available at the Data Centers Researchers and users with approved research projects can access restricted data files that have not been publicly released for reasons of confidentiality at the AHRQ Data Center in Rockville, Maryland. Qualified researchers can also access restricted data files through the U.S. Census Research Data Center (RDC) network (http://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/index.html -- Scroll down the page and click on the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) link.) For information on the RDC research proposal process and the data sets available, read AHRQ-Census Bureau agreement on access to restricted MEPS data.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel restricted public
accrualPeriodicity R/P1Y
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describedBy http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/onsite_datacenter.jsp
identifier f55380d9-8356-4d7a-97b2-ce8764053f29
issued 2012-10-24
landingPage https://healthdata.gov/dataset/medical-expenditure-panel-survey-meps-restricted-data-files
license https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
modified 2023-07-25
programCode {009:073}
publisher Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health & Human Services
resource-type Dataset
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source_schema_version 1.1
temporal 1996-01-01T00:00:00-05:00/2012-12-31T00:00:00-05:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • agency-for-healthcare-research-and-quality
  • agency-for-healthcare-research-and-quality-department-of-health-human-services
  • ahrq
  • expenditure
  • expenses
  • health-care-cost
  • healthcare
  • meps
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer MEPS Project Director
maintainer_email mepsprojectdirector@ahrq.hhs.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T14:24:59.804589
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T14:24:59.804595
notes <p>Restricted Data Files Available at the Data Centers<br /> Researchers and users with approved research projects can access restricted data files that have not been publicly released for reasons of confidentiality at the AHRQ Data Center in Rockville, Maryland.<br /> Qualified researchers can also access restricted data files through the U.S. Census Research Data Center (RDC) network (<a href="http://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/index.html">http://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/index.html</a> -- Scroll down the page and click on the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) link.) For information on the RDC research proposal process and the data sets available, read AHRQ-Census Bureau agreement on access to restricted MEPS data.</p>
num_resources 1
num_tags 16
title Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Restricted Data Files