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            | MEPS H118A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2008 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE:  October 21, 2010 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RXBEGYRX |  
            | Description: | YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE |  
            | Format: | 4.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 50 |  
            | End: | 53 |  
 
        
          
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            | -14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN |            175 |      1,958,290 |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |          3,041 |     31,364,314 |  
            | -8 DK |         15,279 |    160,159,172 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |            135 |      1,689,907 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |        179,114 |  1,925,332,840 |  
            | 1945-2009 |         95,635 |  1,029,410,439 |  
            | TOTAL |        293,379 |  3,149,914,963 |  
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