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            | MEPS HC-178A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2015 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE:     June 12, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RXBEGYRX |  
            | Description: | YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE |  
            | Format: | 4.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 60 |  
            | End: | 63 |  
 
        
          
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            | -14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN |            324 |      3,612,776 |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |          1,834 |     20,313,775 |  
            | -8 DK |         42,117 |    411,499,437 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |            617 |      7,282,221 |  
            | 1940-2016 |        285,561 |  2,967,752,169 |  
            | TOTAL |        330,453 |  3,410,460,379 |  
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