Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends (CFACT): Publications by Staff

Sadeq Chowdhury

Authors: Chowdhury S, Machlin S
Title: Variance estimation from MEPS event files
Publication: MEPS Methodology Report No. 26. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: September 2011
Abstract: This Methodology Report looks into the issue of variance estimation from the MEPS event files and evaluates the impact of not doing a proper domain analysis on variance estimates.

Authors: Chowdhury S
Title: Relative importance of poverty and education in MEPS weighting adjustment
Publication: MEPS Methodology Report No. 25. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: August 2011
Abstract: This report presents the results from research evaluating the impact of using the education status of the family reference person instead of the family poverty status in the raking adjustment. Since education status is easy to derive and available early, the objective is to see if education status can be used to improve the preliminary full year weight or if education status can be used as an alternative to poverty status in producing the final full year weight.

Authors: Machlin S, Chowdhury S
Title: Expenses and characteristics of physician visits in different ambulatory care settings, 2008
Publication: MEPS Statistical Brief No. 318. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: March 2011
Abstract: This Statistical Brief presents descriptive estimates from the 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) that illustrate variation in expenses and characteristics of physician visits across the three different MEPS ambulatory care setting categories: office-based (OB), hospital outpatient department (OP), and hospital emergency room (ER).

Authors: Machlin S, Chowdhury S, Ezzati-Rice T, DiGaetano R, Goksel H, Wun L, Yu, W, Kashihara D
Title: Estimation procedures for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component
Publication: MEPS Methodology Report No. 24. Available on the MEPS Web site.
Date: September 2010
Abstract: The primary purposes of this report are to describe the procedures used to develop the various MEPS analytic weights and provide an overview of appropriate variance estimation procedures.

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