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            | MEPS HC010D CODEBOOK |  
            | 1996 Hospital Inpatient Stays File |  
            | DATE:September 29, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | IPBEGYR |  
            | Description: | EVENT START DATE - YEAR |  
            | Format: | 4.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 55 |  
            | End: | 58 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 5 | 57,020 |  
            | 1995 | 30 | 419,993 |  
            | 1996 | 2,172 | 26,049,261 |  
            | TOTAL | 2,207 | 26,526,275 |  
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