When: January 17, 2008

Where: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will be conducting a Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) workshop at the American Statistical Association's 7th International Conference on Health Policy Statistics in Philadelphia on January 17, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

The purpose of this workshop is to facilitate the use of the MEPS Household Component (MEPS-HC) public use data files by the health services research community. To meet this objective, participants will be provided with a general overview of MEPS, a description of available data files, information about online data tools, and examples of the types of research projects the MEPS data can support. MEPS is a vital national data resource designed to continually provide health service researchers, policymakers, health care administrators, businesses, and others with timely, comprehensive information about health care use and costs in the United States. This workshop will provide the knowledge necessary to formulate research plans using the various MEPS-HC files and linkage capabilities.

You can register online http://www.amstat.org/meetings/ichps/2008/index.cfm?fuseaction=registration.

If you have any questions, please contact ASA at asainfo@amstat.org, or you may contact AHRQ at workshopinfo@ahrq.hhs.gov.