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            | MEPS HC012 CODEBOOK |  
            | 1996 Full Year Consolidated Data File |  
            | DATE:September 19, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | MAINPRO2 |  
            | Description: | MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY-R2 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1547 |  
            | End: | 1548 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK | 1 | 4,686 |  
            | -3 NO DATA IN ROUND | 364 | 2,362,406 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 19,453 | 235,342,414 |  
            | 1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE | 1,686 | 18,145,500 |  
            | 2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY | 367 | 4,272,569 |  
            | 3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION | 33 | 440,080 |  
            | 4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET | 58 | 851,365 |  
            | 5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN | 78 | 780,214 |  
            | 6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY | 23 | 238,800 |  
            | 7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP | 92 | 881,934 |  
            | 8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE | 10 | 102,804 |  
            | 10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE | 12 | 191,077 |  
            | 14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK | 106 | 1,307,684 |  
            | 15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE | 7 | 75,731 |  
            | 16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES | 66 | 794,093 |  
            | 18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG | 72 | 1,023,311 |  
            | 91 OTHER | 173 | 2,090,822 |  
            | TOTAL | 22,601 | 268,905,490 |  
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