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MEPS HC016A CODEBOOK
1997 Prescribed Medicines File
DATE:September 20, 2005

Variable Name: RXUNIT
Description: UNIT OF MEAS Rx/PRESC MED DOSE (IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 215
End: 216

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER97
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
49,443
395,269,862
1 MG
149,388
1,196,675,121
2 MCG
6,169
50,244,987
3 MEG
2,902
23,466,387
4 MG/ML
5,659
44,185,860
5 GM
361
3,067,351
6 GR
254
1,563,961
7 %
10,068
82,716,085
8 ML
344
2,168,566
9 COMPOUNDS
4
54,509
10 MG/MCG
179
1,718,652
11 MG/MG
2,969
22,911,666
12 MG/HR
636
5,233,310
13 MEG/ML
6
44,178
14 MCG/ML
73
620,826
15 U/GM
152
1,386,579
16 U/ML
4,920
34,901,632
17 IU
381
2,617,956
91 OTHER SPECIFY
624
4,894,560
TOTAL
234,532
1,873,742,048


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