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Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-HC, respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year and month in which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was collected in the pharmacy follow-back component. However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is thought that payments by private third-party payers for those who filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round were determined by comparing the number of days a person was in the round to the number of times the person was reported to have obtained the drug in the round. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputed. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the years.

Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-HC, respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year year, month, and month in day on which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was collected in the pharmacy follow-back component (unless the purchase was an insulin or diabetic supply/equipment event that was mentioned in the household component; see Section 4.0 for details). However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is thought that payments by private third-party payers for those who filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round were determined by comparing the number of days a person was in the round to and the number of times the person was reported to have obtained the drug in the round. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputed. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the years.

Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-MEPS HC, all respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year year, month, and month in day on which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who that said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was not collected in the pharmacy follow-back componentcomponent (unless the purchase was a Panel 4, Round 3 insulin or diabetic supply/equipment event; see section 3.0 for details) . However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who that said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is was thought that payments by private third-third- party payers for those who that filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for An inaccuracy in the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round for a small percentage of household reported medications was discovered. This inaccuracy was due to an instrument design flaw, which caused interviewer error, and in isolated cases, resulted in mis-reported large numbers of prescription refills for a medicine in a given round. This inaccuracy was confined to only a very small percentage of unique drugs on the original data delivered. For some cases, it seems that the year that the person started taking the drug was recorded in the field that gives the number of times that the person purchased, or otherwise obtained the drug, during the round, as well as in the field that provides the year the person started taking the medicine. For example (in the round a specific drug was first mentioned), a person was reported to have first started taking the drug in 1999, a “99” was entered in the field for the year the person first started taking the drug. For a small percentage of the cases in which persons began taking a drug in 1999, a “99” appeared in the preceding field indicating the number of times the drug was purchased or otherwise obtained during the round, as well. Outlier values where this situation occurred (and similar instances) were determined by comparing the number of days a person respondent was in the round to and the number of times the person was reported to have having purchased or otherwise obtained the drug in the round, and were determined in consultation with an industry expert. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds the prescribed medicine events in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputedobtained were imputed a value for that variable. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years 1999 and 2000 based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year1999, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug an event level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the yearsto 1999 instead of 2000.

Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-MEPS HC, all respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year year, month, and month in day on which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who that said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was not collected in the pharmacy follow-back componentcomponent (unless the purchase was an insulin or diabetic supply/equipment event; see section 3.0 for details). However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who that said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is was thought that payments by private third-party payers for those who that filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for An inaccuracy in the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round for a small percentage of household reported medications was discovered. This inaccuracy was due to an instrument design flaw, which caused interviewer error, and in isolated cases, resulted in mis-reported large numbers of prescription refills for a medicine in a given round. This inaccuracy was confined to only a very small percentage of unique drugs on the original data delivered. Outlier values where this situation occurred were determined by comparing the number of days a person respondent was in the round to and the number of times the person was reported to have having purchased or otherwise obtained the drug in the round, and were determined in consultation with an industry expert. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds the prescribed medicine events in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputedobtained were imputed a value for that variable. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years 2000 and 2001 based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year2000, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug an event level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the yearsto 2000 instead of 2001.

Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-HC, respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year year, month, and month in day on which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was collected in the pharmacy follow-back component (unless the purchase was an insulin or diabetic supply/equipment event that was mentioned in the household component; see Section 4.0 for details). However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is thought that payments by private third-party payers for those who filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round were determined by comparing the number of days a person was in the round to the number of times the person was reported to have obtained the drug in the round. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputed. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the years.

Methodology for Collecting Household-Reported Variables. During each round of the MEPS-HC, all respondents were asked to supply the name of any prescribed medicine they or their family members purchased or otherwise obtained during that round. For each medicine in each round, the following information was collected: whether any free samples of the medicine were received; the name(s) of any health problems the medicine was prescribed for; the number of times the prescription medicine was obtained or purchased; the year year, month, and month in day on which the person first used the medicine; and a list of the names, addresses, and types of pharmacies that filled the household’s prescriptions. In the HC, respondents were asked if they send in claim forms for their prescriptions or if their pharmacy providers do this automatically for them at the point of purchase. For those who that said their pharmacy providers automatically send in claims for them at the point of purchase, charge and payment information was collected in the pharmacy follow-back component (unless the purchase was an insulin or diabetic supply/equipment event that was mentioned in the household component; see section 3.0 for details). However, charge and payment information was collected in the HC for those who that said they send in their own prescription claim forms, because it is was thought that payments by private third-party payers for those who that filed their own claim forms for prescription purchases would not be available from pharmacies. Uninsured persons were treated in the same manner as those whose pharmacies filed their prescription claims at the point of purchase. Persons who said they did not know if they sent in their own prescription claim forms were treated as those who said they did send in their own prescription claim forms. In consultation with an industry expert, outlier values for the number of times a household reported purchasing or otherwise obtaining a prescription drug in a particular round were determined by comparing the number of days a person respondent was in the round to and the number of times the person was reported to have obtained obtaining the drug in the round. For these events, a new value for the number of times a drug was purchased or otherwise obtained by a person in a round was imputed. In addition, for rounds the prescribed medicine events in which a household respondent did not know/remember the number of times a certain prescribed medicine was purchased or otherwise obtained, the number of fills or refills was imputedobtained were imputed a value for that variable. For those rounds that spanned two years, drugs mentioned in that round were allocated between the years based on the number of times the respondent said the drug was purchased in the respective year, the year the person started taking the drug, the length of the person’s round, the dates of the person’s round, and the number of drugs for that person in the round. In addition, a “folded” version of the PC on a drug an event level, as opposed to an acquisition level, was used for these types of events to assist in determining how many acquisitions of the drug should be allocated between the years.