This article assess the capacity of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), concluding that the MEPS findings are key to the development, implementation, and evaluation of U.S. health care policies and practices and their related costs. 

Cohen, J. W., Cohen, S.B., Banthin, J.S. (2009). The medical expenditure panel survey: a national information resource to support healthcare cost research and inform policy and practice. Medical Care, 47(7 Suppl 1): S44-50. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19536015

Authors: Joe W. Cohen, Steven B. Cohen, Jessica S. Banthin