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Explain how you would design the study outlined below given the statements of purpose supplied. Be sure to include the population to be studied, the exclusion and inclusion criteria and data variables to be collected. ( Hint: you have already developed the research questions, use this to help design your study)

Using data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), this study (1) examines the barriers to care faced by Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, and non-Hispanic whites and whether barriers vary across these groups; (2) examines whether barriers to care vary between privately insured managed care and non-managed care enrollees within each of the four racial/ethnic groups; and (3) describes the socio-demographic, insurance, and health status characteristics of families that face barriers.