Common use of Sample Design and Response Rates Clause in Contracts

Sample Design and Response Rates. The MEPS HC is designed to produce estimates at the national and regional level over time for the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States and some subpopulations of interest. The MEPS HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data for two calendar years are obtained through five rounds of data collection. A new sample (new Panel) of households for MEPS is selected each year from among household respondents for the previous year's National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The NHIS is an ongoing general health survey of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population.) MEPS Panel 7 spans the two calendar years 2002 and 2003 while MEPS Panel 8 spans 2003 and 2004. This file consists of the subset of data from the seventh and eighth MEPS panels covering from January 1 through, roughly, the spring of calendar year 2003. More specifically, data from the 2003 portion of the third Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 7 sample are pooled with data from the first Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 8 sample (see illustration below). Panel 7 2002-2003 2002 Jan 2003 Jan Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Panel 0 0000-0000 Round 1

Sample Design and Response Rates. The MEPS HC is designed to produce estimates at the national and regional level over time for the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States and some subpopulations of interest. The MEPS HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data for two calendar years are obtained through five rounds of data collection. A new sample (new Panel) of households for MEPS is selected each year from among household respondents for the previous year's National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The NHIS is an ongoing general health survey of the U.S. civilian non-institutionalized population.) MEPS Panel 7 6 spans the two calendar years 2001 and 2002 and 2003 while MEPS Panel 8 7 spans 2003 2002 and 20042003. This file consists of the subset of data from the sixth and seventh and eighth MEPS panels covering from January 1 through, roughly, the spring of calendar year 20032002. More specifically, data from the 2003 2002 portion of the third Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 7 6 sample are pooled with data from the first Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 8 7 sample (see illustration below). Panel 7 20026 2001-2003 2002 2001 Jan 2003 2002 Jan Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Panel 0 0000-0000 Round 1

Sample Design and Response Rates. The MEPS HC is designed to produce estimates at the national and regional level over time for the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States and some subpopulations of interest. The MEPS HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data for two calendar years are obtained through five rounds of data collection. A new sample (new Panel) of households for MEPS is selected each year from among household respondents for the previous year's National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The NHIS is an ongoing general health survey of the U.S. civilian non-non- institutionalized population.) MEPS Panel 7 8 spans the two calendar years 2002 2003 and 2003 2004 while MEPS Panel 8 9 spans 2003 2004 and 20042005. This file consists of the subset of data from the seventh eighth and eighth ninth MEPS panels covering from January 1 through, roughly, the spring of calendar year 20032004. More specifically, data from the 2003 2004 portion of the third Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 7 8 sample are pooled with data from the first Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 8 9 sample (see illustration below). Panel 7 20028 2003-2004 2003 2002 Jan 2003 2004 Jan Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Panel 0 0000-0000 Round 1

Sample Design and Response Rates. The MEPS HC is designed to produce estimates at the national and regional level levels over time for the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States and some subpopulations of interest. The MEPS HC uses an overlapping panel design in which data for two calendar years are obtained through five rounds of data collection. A new sample (new Panel) of households for MEPS is selected each year from among household respondents for to the previous year's National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (The NHIS is an ongoing general health survey of the U.S. civilian non-non- institutionalized population.) MEPS Panel 7 10 spans the two calendar years 2002 2005 and 2003 2006 while MEPS Panel 8 11 spans 2003 2006 and 20042007. This file consists of the subset of data from the seventh tenth and eighth eleventh MEPS panels covering from January 1 through, roughly, the spring of calendar year 20032006. More specifically, data from the 2003 2006 portion of the third Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 7 10 sample are pooled with data from the first Round of data collection for the MEPS Panel 8 11 sample (see illustration below). Panel 7 2002-2003 2002 Jan 2003 2006 Jan Round 1 Round 3 Panel 11 2006-2007 2005 Jan Round 2 Round 3 1 Panel 0 000010 2005-0000 Round 12006