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MEPS H26A CODEBOOK
1998 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES FILE
DATE:September 29, 2005

Variable Name: RXUNIT
Description: UNIT OF MEAS Rx/PRESC MED DOSE (IMPUTED)
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 210
End: 211

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
33,170
375,135,519
-7 REFUSED
4
46,666
1 MG
113,936
1,310,229,971
2 MCG
5,021
61,294,927
3 MEG
2,251
25,412,623
4 MG/ML
3,828
41,571,606
5 GM
419
4,607,520
6 GR
218
2,079,725
7 %
6,407
75,279,053
8 ML
1,282
13,250,203
9 COMPOUNDS
62
841,179
10 MG/MCG
86
1,236,809
11 MG/MG
898
11,026,669
12 MG/HR
521
6,568,203
13 MEG/ML
15
252,135
14 MCG/ML
54
474,439
15 U/GM
25
391,375
16 U/ML
2,635
26,473,843
17 IU
129
1,264,466
91 OTHER SPECIFY
1,070
12,641,117
TOTAL
172,031
1,970,078,048


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