Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	PHYSCL42
Description:	DR ADVISE EXERCISE (2-17)-R4/2
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	553
End:	554

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-8 DON'T KNOW	56	1,044,049
-7 REFUSED	30	518,704
-1 INAPPLICABLE	15,774	273,745,427
1 YES	1,181	23,575,061
2 NO	2,099	40,914,388
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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