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            | MEPS HC016D CODEBOOK |  
            | 1997 Hospital Inpatient Stays File |  
            | DATE:September 20, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | DSCHPMED |  
            | Description: | MEDICINES PRESCRIBED AT DISCHARGE |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 119 |  
            | End: | 120 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 65 | 417,755 |  
            | -8 DK | 108 | 726,014 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 3 | 27,225 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 1 | 4,263 |  
            | 1 YES | 1,706 | 13,083,098 |  
            | 2 NO | 1,827 | 13,653,813 |  
            | TOTAL | 3,710 | 27,912,169 |  
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