This public use data file one in a series of public use event files from the 2023 MEPS HC.
It was released as an ASCII data file (with related SAS, SPSS, R, and Stata programming
statements and data user information) and as a SAS dataset, a SAS transport file, a Stata dataset,
and an Excel file. The 2023 Dental Visits Public Use File (hereafter referred to as the Dental
PUF), provides detailed information on dental events from a nationally representative sample of
the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Data from the Dental PUF can be used to make
estimates of dental event utilization and expenditures for calendar year 2023. This file contains
47 variables and has a logical record length of 233 with an additional 2-byte carriage return/line
feed at the end of each record. This PUF consists of MEPS survey data obtained in the 2023
portion of Round 3, and all of Rounds 4 and 5 for Panel 27; and Rounds 1, 2, and the 2023
portion of Round 3 for Panel 28 (i.e., the rounds for MEPS panels covering calendar year 2023).
For more details on loading MEPS PUFs into R, SAS, and Stata, please visit the MEPS GitHub page.
*The PDF version of the codebook is recommended for printing; the HTML version is database driven and lets you navigate quickly to details on each variable.
**Right-click on the data file link, then select Save Target As or Save Link As to download the file.
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