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            | MEPS H23 CODEBOOK |  
            | PANEL 1 LONGITUDINAL DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      June 3, 2013 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | MAINRD2 |  
            | Description: | MAIN REASON EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY-R2 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 3114 |  
            | End: | 3115 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -8 DK |              1 |          3,154 |  
            | -3 NO DATA IN ROUND |            174 |      2,301,262 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         17,244 |    239,840,479 |  
            | 1 COULD NOT AFFORD CARE |          1,477 |     18,959,514 |  
            | 2 INS CO WOULD NOT APPROVE/COVER/PAY |            313 |      4,278,170 |  
            | 3 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION |             28 |        436,362 |  
            | 4 INS CO REQUIRED REFERRL-COULD NOT GET |             54 |        946,433 |  
            | 5 DOCTOR REFUSED FAMILY INS PLAN |             62 |        789,398 |  
            | 6 MEDICAL CARE TOO FAR AWAY |             22 |        271,409 |  
            | 7 CAN NOT DRIVE/NO CAR/NO PUBLIC TRANSP |             91 |        944,417 |  
            | 8 TOO EXPENSIVE TO GET THERE |              9 |        121,069 |  
            | 10 DIFFERENT LANGUAGE |             11 |        201,621 |  
            | 14 COULD NOT GET TIME OFF WORK |             95 |      1,334,044 |  
            | 15 DK WHERE TO GO TO GET CARE |              7 |         86,151 |  
            | 16 WAS REFUSED SERVICES |             61 |        923,081 |  
            | 18 DID NOT HAVE TIME OR TOOK TOO LONG |             58 |      1,010,869 |  
            | 91 OTHER |            152 |      2,156,477 |  
            | TOTAL |         19,859 |    274,603,911 |  
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