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Created by the Center for Health Economics & Policy, this is a guide for researchers on being policy relevant.
Our Policy Brief Toolkit is designed to help researchers translate research findings into policy briefs, which can be circulated to a broader audience than that of academic journals.
The ”Focus On” series highlights various analytic tools that support research in health economics and policy in a succinct, accessible style.
Focus on Data: Health Policy Analysis Using MEPS Restricted Data
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), which began in 1996, is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, (doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, etc.), and employers across the United States.