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Characteristics of persons with high medical expenditures in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, 2002 /

This Statistical Brief presents characteristics of persons in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2002 who were in the top 5 percent of the medical expenditure distribution compared with persons in the bottom 50 percent of that distribution.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conwell, Leslie J.
Corporate Authors: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)
Other Authors: Cohen, Joel W., 1952-
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Rockville, Md.] : Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2005]
Series:Statistical brief (Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (U.S.)) ; #73.
Subjects:
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Medical care > Statistics.
Health Expenditures > United States > Statistics.
Insurance, Health > economics > United States > Statistics.
Medically Uninsured > United States > Statistics.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS103203
Description
Summary:This Statistical Brief presents characteristics of persons in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized (community) population in calendar year 2002 who were in the top 5 percent of the medical expenditure distribution compared with persons in the bottom 50 percent of that distribution.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Sept. 25, 2008).
"March 2005."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:6 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:Mode of access: Internet from the MEPS AHRQ web site. Address as of 9/25/2008: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data%5Ffiles/publications/st73/stat73.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.