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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 254A CODEBOOK
2024 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 4, 2026

Variable Name: RXBEGYRX
Description: YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 4.0
Type: NUM
Start: 75
End: 78

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
201
3,003,422
-8 DK
31,132
413,264,488
-7 REFUSED
180
2,106,133
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,507
65,171,288
1952-2025
168,530
2,545,904,905
TOTAL
204,550
3,029,450,238


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