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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS H26A CODEBOOK
1998 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES FILE
DATE:September 29, 2005

Variable Name: RXBEGYR
Description: YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 4.0
Type: NUM
Start: 49
End: 52

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
193
2,470,951
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
638
7,151,698
-8 DK
3,999
52,916,467
-7 REFUSED
44
158,494
-1 INAPPLICABLE
92,291
1,008,776,366
1904-1999
74,866
898,604,073
TOTAL
172,031
1,970,078,048


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