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Devon Travis has been told he isn't big enough throughout his entire life.
The 5-foot 9-inch second baseman has used a giant amount of desire to prove himself time and time again.
As a kid, he led East Boynton Beach, Fla., to the Little League World Series where they won the United States championship before falling to Japan in the final game.
As a high school athlete, Travis overcame a major back injury to become a star player his junior and senior years and earn a scholarship to play baseball at Florida State.
As a college athlete, he earned a spot in the starting lineup in all three of his seasons at Florida State and led the ACC with 50 doubles over his final two years.
As a pro, he was named the Detroit Tigers minor league player of the year in 2013 and has played his way to becoming the No. 2 prospect in the organization, according to MLB.com.
"When I was nine and 10 years old and throughout high school and college and even now, the size thing comes up," Travis said. "With my size, I'm never going to pan out or it doesn't project.
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"I can't be like Steven Moya and maybe get fooled on a pitch and still hit it out. It's just been extra motivation for me my whole life," Travis said.
You'd be hard pressed to find a moment during a game, cage session or round of batting practice that Travis, 23, doesn't have a smile on his face.
The West Palm Beach native grew up in southern Florida, an area where baseball is played year round.
In high school, baseball was nearly taken from Travis as he tried to overcompensate for his size.
"It was a pretty stressful freshman year going in at 14 years old," Travis said. "I was working out with 16-, 17- and 18-year-old guys at the time, and you think of them as grown men. I was trying to keep up with them in the weight room and trying to fit in. It's definitely something you shouldn't ever do. I lifted more weight than I should have and lifted the wrong way. I messed up my back and it was rough to get through."
Despite the injury, Travis gutted out his freshman season but had to sit out the summer, fall, winter and spring seasons of his sophomore year.
"It was a pretty humbling experience," Travis said. "There were times I thought I was never going to play baseball again. It was hurting that bad, but I rested and came back. My junior year, my comeback year, I was out of shape. I put on weight during the year off and it was a mess. My back has been great since then, which I'm thankful for. It was a good lesson to learn."
Travis hit .483 with two home runs, 26 RBIs and 21 stolen bases during his senior year at Palm Beach Central under legendary coach Scott Benedict. He was a second-team all-state selection as a junior and first-team pick as a senior and was an honor student.
Travis was dealt another setback when he arrived in Tallahassee. He needed surgery on his left wrist after showing enough promise in the fall to be considered for a starting spot.
He missed the first 17 games of the season before coming on strong defensively to commit one error in 45 games. Travis hit .357 in the ACC tournament and finished with a .324 average in the postseason.
He took off from there, earning numerous accolades in the 2011 and 2012 seasons before the Tigers drafted him in the 13th round of the 2012 draft.
Travis was named a rising star during the Arizona Fall League in November after hitting .351 with 28 doubles, four triples, 16 home runs, 76 RBIs and 22 stolen bases in 132 total games between West Michigan and Lakeland during the 2013 season.
"Devon Travis is doing well for us and, obviously, I don't get to see him play every day, but he was the minor league player of the year for us," Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said in a recent visit to Jerry Uht Park. "He's a good hitter, good defensive player and high-energy guy that we like."
Travis has climbed the minor league ladder and prospect chart quickly over the past three seasons, but doesn't enjoy the spotlight. He'd rather be in a baseball cage taking swings than receiving more recognition. In the offseason, he trains with Miami Marlins catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who lives 10 minutes away in Florida.
"He went to Royal Palm Beach High School right down the road from me and we have the same agent," Travis said. "He invites me over four, five, six times a week to hit in his cage. He has this big area in his back yard almost like a plane hangar that he converted into a batting cage. It's a great opportunity and he always helps me work on the little things."
Travis is hitting .289 with 12 doubles, four triples, seven home runs, 31 RBIs and 10 stolen bases this season with the SeaWolves. He has big dreams of playing in the big leagues one day and despite having a long-term second baseman in front of him, Travis soaks up everything he can from Ian Kinsler.
"He's an incredible guy and I don't know if he gets enough credit with what he does for the Tigers," Travis said. "I worked with him in spring training and picked his brain. He's a great guy and always provided insight."
Travis can be found hanging out with family, in the batting cage or on a baseball field most days. He arrives at the ballpark, gets a few hitting sessions in the batting cage before hitting the field to stretch and take more BP. Travis goes about his business on the baseball field and spends his down time on the phone with his family, which has traveled to Erie for numerous games this season.
"It was great growing up with my dad (Tony) being able to coach me," Travis said. "It all started when I was two or three years old. I would go into my older brother's closet and put on his baseball uniform. He's eight years older than me, but I'd still wear this big uniform and go to his games. My parents told me I always needed a baseball in my hand and it motivated me to be like him. He was all set to go to college but the week before he left, he decided to enter the service and go to the Air Force. He's been in the service ever since and just got back from overseas."
The discipline and leadership Travis' older brother, also named Tony, displayed helped set an example for the prospect. Travis also learned to be the caring older brother, as to this day he is protective of his brother Jordan, 14, and sister Jada, 12.
"They are my everything," Travis said about his younger siblings. "I also have so much respect for my older brother. He does something I couldn't do. I have so much respect for everyone in the service and it sounds clich�, but we have a great country and we wouldn't have it without them."
All eyes in Detroit are on Travis, and the fans expect big things from him one day. For now, the quiet and energetic prospect goes about his business with a lesson he learned in high school that he'll never forget.
"It's a blessing to play baseball every day," Travis said. "I'll always be thankful for this game."
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge today show that a single mutation in a leukemia-associated gene—JAK2—diminishes the ability of blood stem cells to make more blood stem cells, but does not affect daughter cells. Further, they note, this JAK2 mutation is found in most patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms—bone marrow diseases characterized by the overproduction of mature blood cells as well as an increased risk of leukemia.
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Men and women leave their homes every day not knowing if they will return. Against the troubles of the world, there stand the citizens who protect us, who keep us safe.
But, when one of those heroes pass away, how are you able to say "Thank you?"
One man decided to through one organization – Wreaths Across America, which aims to lay wreaths on veterans' graves across the nation.
Aiken resident Tony Venetz Sr. is aiming to fill Arlington Cemetery with these symbols.
In 2011, Venetz's son, Sgt. First Class Anthony Venetz Jr., died from injuries caused by a noncombat-related incident in Afghanistan. He was on his second tour in the country.
Anthony came from a line of military personnel. He is the first, though, to be buried at Arlington.
"How do you honor someone and keep their memory alive?" Tony wondered.
So, he turned to Wreaths Across America.
Ever since Labor Day, Tony has been out collecting money. He has set out sealed jars around town.
His goal is to raise $500. He already has collected more than $200 from the Aiken Newcomers Club.
All of money he raises will be donated to Wreaths Across America. He will collect the jars after Veterans Day, which is Nov. 11. The wreaths will be laid out at participating cemeteries on Dec. 14.
Anthony enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2001. He began as an infantryman and "quickly rose through the ranks," Tony said.
Although school was never Anthony's forte, he took many classes while in the military, his dad said.
Tony, an Air Force veteran, encouraged this for Anthony as education in the military could "be a great steppingstone" to other paths.
Anthony became an engineer and intelligence officer. He earned two Bronze Stars, two Purple Hearts and four Army Commendation Medals, among other his recognitions.
When his funeral service was held, people packed Arlington. Visitors had come from California, Michigan and Florida "on their own dime," Tony said.
That night, Tony gathered around remembering his son with his son's military comrades.
"It was quite interesting," he said. "They took such pride in some of the foolish stunts they did with him."
Tony has two daughters, but Anthony was the youngest and his only son.
"You lost a son, but you have all your sons here," one soldier told Tony.
Anthony's two children and wife live in Texas.
Tony's jars are out at the following locations: Duke's BBQ, Carolina Bay Shooting Center, True Value Hardware, Up Your Alley Chop House, Aiken Golf Club, The Golf Club at Cedar Creek, Houndslake Country Club, Coach T's Diner, All American Barber Shop, Woodside Plantation and Birds & Butterflies.
There is also a page for Anthony on the Wreaths Across America website.
For more information, visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
Stephanie Turner has a hand on all areas of production for the Aiken Standard, where she reports, edits and designs pages. She graduated in July 2012 with a journalism degree from Valdosta State University.
Staff Photo by Stephanie Turner After his son passed away, Tony Venetz Sr. made a photo album in his honor. The jar is one he carries around for his Wreaths Across America fundraiser, and the photo sits in his living room.×
Submitted Photo Above is the current logo for the Wreaths Across America campaign.×


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It's a sour ale that has been drawing lots of interest since its release earlier this year as the first spontaneously fermented commercial beer made in England in perhaps 100 years or more.
I'll be pouring it at happy hour tomorrow at Victoria Freehouse (10 S. Front St., Old City) as Philly Beer Week heads into its final stretch. The beer's backstory is one of those wondrous sets of circumstances that crop up with surprising regularity in the beer world, so I'll share it here.


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Gary Johnson, a candidate for the Libertarian Party 2016 Presidential nomination, was interviewed on the show Democracy Now, which is syndicated by Pacifica Radio, on April 27.
Click here to watch the interview.
This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 11).
A federal judge has ruled against the Libertarian Party in Maine in a case that centered on the party's argument that the path to a new political party in Maine is unconstitutionally difficult. An attorney for the Libertarians said the court misunderstood what the plaintiffs were asking for and that he will ask the court to reconsider its ruling.
Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed by RT on April 24.
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"Wes Benedict, [Executive Director] of the national Libertarian Party, is reminding the politically minded that they can still declare their intent to run for office in 35 states. Filing deadlines for the formal paperwork have not passed in scores of states, ranging from Alabama to Wyoming. 'It's not too late to run for office as a Libertarian,' Mr. Benedict advises.
The New Orleans, Louisiana LP chapter was featured in an article on April 19 in the Mid-City Messenger, an online New Orleans newspaper.
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This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 7).
MinnPost, an online nonprofit newspaper in Minnesota, ran an interview on April 18 with Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 LP Presidential nomination.
The Oklahoma Libertarian Party, on the ballot for the first time since 2000, has 17 candidates running for office, which includes two candidates for U.S. Senator, two for the U.S. House of Representatives, and 13 for the state legislature.
This is the highest amount of non-establishment party candidates running for the state legislature in 70 years, according to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News.
Tricia Weathers was elected to the Box Elder, South Dakota city council on April 12. She received 76 votes. Her competitor, Al Levine, obtained 56 votes.
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From her days at Wissahickon High School and before, Katie O'Donnell was the phenom.
She made her debut on the U.S. national field hockey team when she was 16, the youngest player ever, and was player of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, the nation's dominant college league, as a freshman - and then as a sophomore, junior, and senior.
Her place as a starting forward on the U.S. Olympic team, as a prime offensive weapon, has much to do with the one time that O'Donnell was asked to slow down - after she didn't make the 2008 Olympic team and pretty much was off the national team for more than a year.


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By David Aldridge, TNT analyst
Posted May 31 2009 4:58PM
CHICAGO -- The craziest question, Jordan Hill surmised, was if he went out to dinner, what beverage would he order? It was not a trick question designed to trip up an underage drinker; Hill, the University of Arizona forward, is already 21, among the oldest underclassmen here.
"I said 'water. With lemon,'" Hill answered.
And so it went here at the NBA's pre-draft combine, a camp in which the campers don't actually play basketball anymore. The league decided to eliminate the day-long scrimmages that were the staple of former pre-draft camps, hoping to eliminate the excuses given by an increasing number of players as to why they weren't showing up. The real reason, of course, was to protect perceived draft position, an agent-fueled gambit that had reduced the guest list in recent years to a handful of likely late first-round picks, a lot of second-rounders and too many guys that weren't likely to be drafted at all.
But this year, knowing they'd just be weighed, measured and take part in a few 45-minute drill sessions, almost all the top players expected to be drafted showed, from likely first pick Blake Griffin on down. (Spaniard Ricky Rubio didn't come over, and point guard Brandon Jennings opted to stay over in Europe in preparation for next week's Reebok Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy. Israeli forward Omri Casspi did come to Chicago.) In return, the wannabes made themselves available for detailed interviews with teams, and that was the true highlight of the weekend.
Each team was allowed a "wish list" of 18 players it could interview out of the 52 invitees, for up to 30 minutes apiece. Those 18 names were divided into "priority" lists of six apiece, with the six players teams most wanted to speak with at the top. In most cases, most teams said, they got to sit down with the players they wanted. It wasn't the same as watching them rotate and help, but it helped. Even if a team wasn't likely to draft a player now, it can keep the info gleaned from the interviews for down the road, if it wanted to pursue a trade for the player or sign them as free agents.
It made for an up-and-down week for the players, who had to cram six and seven of the 30-minute meetings into each day. They did the best they could to keep their answers fresh to the same questions, over and over.
"I think at this point, everybody's seen what you did on the court," said Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn, who cemented his rise up the charts in the first round with a strong week featuring his lightning-quick handle and winning personality.
"Everyone knows what you did in college," Flynn said. "All this, the combine and the meetings and things like that, is just getting to know the person behind the basketball player. That's a big thing for these teams, investing a lot of money into these young guys. They want to know what they're investing money into."
Still, the elimination of even a cursory last look at most of the likely draftees next month in New York in actual game competition brought the expected grousing from management and personnel types. The phrase "a complete waste of time" was a popular one. Their arguments have some merit. Agents so thoroughly control the pre-draft process these days that it's a wonder they don't demand their charges refrain from playing in college at all, lest they endanger their draft status.
Of course, there are millions of dollars at stake. Losing even one spot in the draft could cost a player -- and his family -- a lot of money. But a player who's reached this stage is one of the most confident and successful basketball players in the world. If it were up to the players, they'd be out on the court playing.
"We've played against these guys the last three years, four years, however long you've been in college," said Davidson guard Stephen Curry, a likely top 10 pick. "Nothing should intimidate you. You've just got to be confident in what you can do and go out and do it. That's what we're going to do for the next however many years we're going to be in the NBA. Why not start now?"
But the agents aren't going away, and it would make sense for the league in future years to embrace them rather than continue to keep them at arm's length. There's no way the league can make players play; as more than one guy pointed out, agents who wanted to keep their guys off the floor could contoct sudden "injuries" that would keep their guys in street clothes. And what would happen if someone played against their will and then was injured?
There has to be a meeting of the minds in the future.
"We need to go to [the agents] and say 'what do you need?,'" one team executive said.
And yet, almost everyone showed up. There was Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak, who stayed for part of Friday morning's session before getting on a plane to Denver to watch the Lakers close out the Western Conference finals. (His Nuggets counterpart, Mark Warkentein, stayed in Chicago, too nervous to go back home and preferring to watch the proceedings on television.) Riles came, as did Larry Brown. They came with stopwatches and vertical jump poles and safety cones for the shuttle drills.
And they came with their questions.
"A team asked me, 'how would you stop yourself?,'" Flynn said, laughing. "If you're a player, you're never going to say you can stop yourself. So I had to stop. I paused for about three minutes, and I'm just shaking my head, thinking. And I finally said, 'well, I don't think I could stop myself, but if I had to slow myself up, I would let me shoot the jump shot.'"
Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis has the inside track to the Kings' vacant job. Rambis will interview a second time for the job, probably on Monday, now that L.A. has secured a berth in The Finals. Former Suns coach Paul Westphal is the only other contender at the moment now that Eddie Jordan has taken the Philadelphia job. Speaking of which, Jordan will get $2 million next season from Philly (with another $2 million coming from Washington, which owed him $4 million for 2009-10), $3 million in 2010 and $3.1 million in 2011...
With the caveat that there can be no consensus among 30 teams, and that there can thus be wild disagreement on players depending on who you speak with, here are some observations from the personnel types I trust:
Rock solid Lottery guys other than Blake Griffin who did nothing to hurt themselves: Arizona State's James Harden, Curry, Hill, Memphis guard Tyreke Evans, USC swingman DeMar DeRozan, Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet, UCLA guard Jrue Holiday.
Guys who will be drafted, probably in the first round, but who should think about going back to school to improve their draft status for 2010: Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague, Kentucky guard Jodie Meeks, Gonzaga forward Austin Daye (who checked in at just more than 190 pounds).
Guys who could get drafted, but should go back to school to improve their games: Tennessee forward Tyler Smith, Texas forward Damion James, Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody, Georgetown forward DaJuan Summers.
Measurables: PIttsburgh power forward DeJuan Blair measured just 6-foot-5 1/2 in shoes (um, do they play games in their stocking feet?). But with a 7-foot-2 wingspan, Blair is still an intriguing NBA prospect at the four, with teams divided on whether he'll be able to rebound at the pro level as well as he did in college. Curry measured out at 6-foot-3, with a 6-foot-3 wingspan, which is already more than tall enough to be an effective NBA point guard. But he has size 14 feet, and doctors think he might have one more growth spurt in him. Louisville forward Earl Clark is a solid 6-foot-10, with a 7-foot-2 wingspan...
New Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn made his first rounds in his new job, trying to evaluate players while deciding Kevin McHale's fate (McHale has a one-year offer on the table) and taking offers on the Wolves' three first-round picks. Kahn said he is not adverse to sticking with the plan McHale hatched while he was the GM to max out room for 2010, but that he'll make a move this summer if the offer is good enough.
"We've got to be prepared," Kahn said. "Because I think a lot of things are going to come our way. Not only because of the picks, but because we have a lot of roster flexibility with the cap. We have a lot of one-year contracts (including forwards Mike Miller, Brian Cardinal, Craig Smith and Mark Madsen, and guard Bobby Brown). So these next four weeks are all about getting ourselves in position to really make informed decisions, and make sure we've looked under the proverbial rock for everything."
A lot -- a lot -- of responses to the conspiracy column, which will be addressed this week, before The Finals. There was other correspondence, too:
Since I happen to be European, Greek, to be exact, I know a lot about European basketball. Now I understand this year's draft is kind of weak, but Ricky Rubio CANNOT be drafted second. He was supposed to be the greatest talent three years ago when he first went pro at 16, and now at 19 he has shown minimal improvement. I understand the fact that he is 19 attracts a lot of attention but Rubio is not that amazing a material...since I've been watching Euroleague for a couple of years, I am in position to say that Rubio is overrated (comparing him to [Jose] Calderon, who is an average NBA player, Rubio is really really small in fact).
Pelo Flaris
Athens, Greece
We will all find out about Rubio together, Pelo, whether it's this year or later. All I can tell you is one of my guys, who was intimately involved, shall we say, with the U.S. Olympic team, always says this to me: "You wanna know if Rubio can play? Just put in the tape of the gold medal game. That's all you need to see."
You refer to Boston as the World Champions. The last I looked Boston wasn't even a country.
Spain is the World Champion. Boston is the NBA champion.
On that note, why do Americans tend to exaggerate their accomplishments?
Peter Gill
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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a family of surveys intended to provide nationally-representative estimates of health expenditure, utilization, payment sources, health status, and health insurance coverage among the noninstitutionalized, nonmilitary population of the United States. This series of government-produced data sets can be used to examine how individuals interact with the medical care system in the United States.
MEPS is administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in three components: the core Household Component, the Insurance/Employer Component, and the Medical Provider Component. Only the Household Component is available for download on the Internet. These components provide comprehensive national estimates of health care use and payment by individuals, families, and any other demographic group of interest.[1]
MEPS was modeled after the National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) and the National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey (NMCUES), which were conducted in 1977 (NMES-1), 1980 (NMCUES), and 1987 (NMES-2). Each of these surveys was tasked with the goal of providing data on a representative sample of Americans' every interaction with the medical care system. Although the NMES and NMCUES were sampled independently from the U.S. population, each new MEPS sample is drawn from the outgoing National Health Interview Survey panel.[2][3] MEPS is generally considered the direct descendent of these surveys, and prestigious peer-reviewed journals commonly publish articles that examine trends calculated between MEPS and its predecessors.[4][5]
Research Topics[edit]
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey can be used for a wide range of topics related to the U.S. healthcare system, including Access to Care, Children's Health, Chronic Conditions, Health Insurance, Health Disparities, Women's Health, Prescription Drugs, Individuals with Disabilities, and the Elderly. AHRQ continually produces chartbooks, statistical briefs, and fact sheets using MEPS data which shed light on these various facets of how the American healthcare system functions, what patients experience, how they behave, and who pays for the cost of care.[6]
Data Accessibility[edit]
The MEPSnet Query Tools interactive table builder allows non-statisticians to select a data year and medical variable(s) of interest, and produce descriptive statistics and crosstabulations of Household Component and Insurance Component data from the AHRQ website.
Data Available[edit]
The current publicly available Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Household Component data set consists of six files which describe the demographics and characteristics of the survey population and eight event-level files which capture all interactions with the U.S. medical system.[7]
Household Component Full-Year Files[edit]
The six full-year files include:
- The Full-Year Consolidated Data files (released annually in November) – The main person-level file of the Household Component data set, which includes all demographic and medical characteristics, as well as patient-reported responses to the main survey questions. Since the survey involves five interview rounds over the two-year panel, data from interview rounds 1, 2, and 3 are included for individuals in their first of two years, and data from interview rounds 3, 4, and 5 are included for individuals in their second of two years. These single-year consolidated datafiles can be thought of as the first half of one two-year panel survey stacked on top of the second half of another two-year panel survey.[8]
- The Full-Year Population Characteristics files (released annually in May) – A skeleton version of the person-level consolidated file, which gets released six months before the Consolidated file of the same year but does not include any income or medical expenditure variables.[9]
- The Medical Conditions files (released annually in November) – The medical condition-level file, which can be linked to both the person-level files and the event-level files. Unlike the medical event-level files, which describe a solitary encounter with the U.S. healthcare system, records within the Medical Conditions files contain a distinct ICD-9 code, Clinical Classification Code, and describe only one ailment (illness or injury). In order to view all medical events during the calendar year associated with a particular condition, a many-to-one join can be executed between this file and zero, one, or more of the event-level files' records (on CONDIDX). The medical condition records in this file can also be merged with a many-to-one join to the person-level files (on DUPERSID), where each person may have zero, one, or multiple matching condition records.[10]
- The Jobs files (released annually in May) – The jobs-level data file contains information about each job that each MEPS-HC survey respondent held over the course of the calendar year, including wages, hours, industry, and occupation, as well as various healthcare-related survey questions (such as offers of employer-sponsored insurance, sick day availability, etc.). This file can be merged with the full-year *person-level file (on DUPERSID), with one match per unique job an individual held during the calendar year. It can also be merged with the Person Round Plan file, matching (on JOBSIDX) wherever a private health insurance plan was obtained through a place of employment.[11]
- The Person Round Plan (PRPL) files (released annually in October) – This health insurance plan by interview date file contains information about each private insurance plan covering each individual surveyed, with one record per interview date (three annually). Private health insurance plans include physician/hospital, dental, vision, medigap, and prescription drugs. This file contains health insurance-specific information, such as an edited monthly out-of-pocket insurance premium, source of coverage and premium payment, as well as some questions about the planholder's satisfaction with the plan. Although this file can be merged with both person-level files (on DUPERSID) and the Jobs files (on JOBSIDX), this file contains one record per person, per plan, per interview and therefore does not easily condense into one-to-one merges. As an analytic shortcut, data users might simply limit this data set to each unique person-plan's first interview record of the year; the first interview number (RN) available for each distinct establishment identifier and policyholder identifier combination (ESTBIDX + PHLDRIDX).[12]
- The Longitudinal Weight files (released annually in December) – This person-level file mirrors the main Consolidated files in terms of contents, except that it contains survey responses for all five rounds and therefore contains half as many observations. The two-year, five-interview survey data aggregated into this file is designed to be representative of two years' worth of medical behavior of the U.S. noninstitutionalized population over the period specified.[13]
Household Component Event Files[edit]
The eight event-level files generally contain one record per event, and contain various information pertaining to the specific type of event. Each record contains one or more ICD-9 codes to describe and categorize the type of medical encounter experienced by the surveyed individual. The event-level files also contain the breakdown of spending by payor associated with the event and a date (or start and end dates) that the event took place. Each of these event files can be joined with the person-level files in a many-to-one match (on DUPERSID), where an individual with zero medical events during the calendar year would generate zero matches, but an individual with two doctor visits and a dental visit would generate three matches across all of the event files. The event-level files can also be joined with the condition files (on CONDIDX) to determine what medical expenditure can be associated with particular conditions. The eight files include:
- The Prescribed Medicines files (released annually in October) - This file contains one household-reported prescribed medicine purchase during the calendar year. Prescription purchases are then verified by the prescribing pharmacy. In addition to the expenditure information, this file contains characteristics of the medication, such as the National Drug Code (NDC) identifier, the drug name, and the Multum Lexicon category. Prescribed medical events may be more difficult to analyze, since the strength of the drug and quantity purchased may vary, despite two separate prescription-events being the same chemical substance. Prescribed medical events may also be more difficult to analyze, since, unlike other recorded medical events, a pharmacy encounter does not guarantee that the medication has been administered (i.e. that the patient stuck to his or her drug regiment). This file should be thought of as containing one record per pharmacy encounter.[14]
- The Dental Visits files (released annually in August) - The file contains one record for each dental visit during the calendar year. It includes dental-specific information such as the type of provider seen, if the visit was due to an accident, reason for the dental event, and any medication was prescribed.[15]
- The Other Medical Expenses files (released annually in August) – This file contains one record for each medical expense that does not fit into any of the other event type categories. The events and expenditures captured in this file are overwhelmingly recorded as Glasses and Contact Lenses, with Durable Medical Equipment (such as Orthopedic items, Prostheses, Hearing Devices) also included.[16]
- The Hospital Inpatient Stays files (released annually in October) – This file contains hospitalization-specific information including the date of and reason for the stay, the types of services received, and any procedure(s) undertaken during the hospital inpatient stay.[17]
- The Emergency Room Visits files (released annually in September) – This file contains emergency room-specific information including the date of and reason for the visit, the types of services received, and any procedures(s) undertaken during the visit. Since many E.R. visits continue into Inpatient Hospital admissions, the spending incurred during any E.R. visit resulting in an Inpatient Hospital Admission gets transferred to the Hospital Inpatient Stays event file (identifiable using the ERHEVIDX variable) and the medical expenditure cannot be divided out between pre- and post-admission.[18]
- The Outpatient Visits files (released annually in September) – This file contains information about each visit to an outpatient hospital setting, including type of test or treatment being provided, whether or not a physician was seen (and if so what specialty), and what condition or diagnosis the visit was related to.[19]
- The Office-based Visits files (released annually in September) – This file captures each office-based encounter of all sampled individuals. This file contains all necessary descriptive information about visits to Primary Care Physicians, specialist physicians, and non-physician medical providers (such as Nurse Practitioners and Physical Therapists) that occurred outside of a hospital setting. In addition to the general event visit information, this file includes certain details about any preventive services, tests, and vaccinations received.[20]
- The Home Health Visits files (released annually in August) – This file contains one record for each time that a certified home health medical practitioner visits a sampled individual. In addition to the standard event file variables, this file contains information about the home health medical provider's credentials and skills, the length of the visit, and the type(s) of care received. This file includes medical visits by hospice providers, which are generally paid for home-based care through the Medicare Hospice benefit.[21][22]
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey is commonly the subject of analysis in articles on health policy and health services in research journals such as Health Affairs, JAMA, Health Services Research, and the New England Journal of Medicine.[23]
Noninstitutionalized civilian Americans (both citizens and non-citizens) are sampled at the household, allowing for analyses of medical behavior at the family-level as well as the individual-level. Each year, households containing a total of approximately 15,000 individuals are sub-sampled from the National Health Interview Survey's two year panel. These individuals are then followed with five in-person interviews (rounds) over the course of two years during which a complete demographic profile is collected, all medical encounters are documented, and patient-reported subjective questions regarding topics like satisfaction with care are obtained.[24]
MEPS employs a complex survey sample design in order to oversample certain population groups of interest; this survey design must be accounted for (using either the Taylor Series Linearization method or the Balanced repeated replication method) to appropriately calculate the standard errors.[25]
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
- ^ http://cloud9.norc.uchicago.edu/faqs/meps.htm
- ^ NCHS - 404 Error - Resource Not Available
- ^ Druss, B. G.; Marcus, S. C.; Olfson, M.; Tanielian, T.; Pincus, H. A. (2003). "Trends in Care by Nonphysician Clinicians in the United States". New England Journal of Medicine. 348 (2): 130–137. doi:10.1056/NEJMsa020993. PMID 12519924.
- ^ Olfson, M.; Marcus, S. C.; Druss, B.; Elinson, L.; Tanielian, T.; Pincus, H. A. (2002). "National Trends in the Outpatient Treatment of Depression". JAMA. 287 (2): 203–209. doi:10.1001/jama.287.2.203. PMID 11779262.
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Topics
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Download Data Files
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Public Use File Details
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Public Use File Details
- ^ MEPS HC-112: 2007 Medical Conditions
- ^ HC-108: MEPS 2007 Jobs File
- ^ MEPS HC-111: 2007 Person Round Plan Public Use File
- ^ MEPS HC-114: MEPS Panel 11 Longitudinal Data File
- ^ MEPS HC-110A: 2007 Prescribed Medicines
- ^ MEPS HC-110B: 2007 Dental Visits
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Public Use File Details
- ^ MEPS HC-110D: 2007 Hospital Inpatient Stays
- ^ MEPS HC-110E: 2007 Emergency Room Visits
- ^ MEPS HC-110F: 2007 Outpatient Department Visits
- ^ MEPS HC-110G: 2007 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits
- ^ MEPS HC-110H: 2007 Home Health Visits
- ^ http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/02154.pdf
- ^ "Medical Expenditure Panel Survey" AND (JAMA OR "Health Affairs" OR NEJM OR "Health Services Research") - Google Scholar
- ^ Methodology Report #1: Design and Methods of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component
- ^ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Computing Standard Errors for MEPS Estimates
External links[edit]
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey website