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MEPS HC-188A CODEBOOK
2016 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: February 19, 2019

Variable Name: TC1S1
Description: MULTUM THERAPEUTIC SUB-CLASS #1 FOR TC1
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 426
End: 428

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT16F
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
4,394
43,366,749
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,423
72,213,792
2 AMEBICIDES
994
10,499,937
4 ANTIFUNGALS
573
6,596,199
5 ANTIMALARIAL AGENTS
1,063
11,800,502
7 ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
1,779
16,101,320
9 CEPHALOSPORINS
915
10,732,863
11 MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES
1,401
16,861,691
12 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIBIOTICS
107
1,186,838
13 PENICILLINS
3,356
37,093,369
14 QUINOLONES
822
9,162,916
15 SULFONAMIDES
635
6,879,929
16 TETRACYCLINES
219
2,782,115
17 URINARY ANTI-INFECTIVES
346
4,444,963
18 AMINOGLYCOSIDES
3
14,390
19 ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC AGENTS
23,345
245,392,856
23 ANTIMETABOLITES
452
4,266,977
24 ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONES
914
9,872,677
25 MISCELLANEOUS ANTINEOPLASTICS
111
1,468,548
34 IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC BIOLOGICALS
42
416,863
42 ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS
13,117
133,827,965
43 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, PERIPHERALLY ACTING
3,122
33,920,676
44 ANTIADRENERGIC AGENTS, CENTRALLY ACTING
1,737
14,276,218
45 ANTIANGINAL AGENTS
1,242
12,366,068
46 ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS
4,953
51,984,191
47 BETA-ADRENERGIC BLOCKING AGENTS
12,896
135,555,033
48 CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENTS
8,744
80,435,269
49 DIURETICS
10,076
98,911,896
51 MISCELLANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS
161
1,673,309
53 VASODILATORS
693
4,888,742
54 VASOPRESSORS
168
1,844,098
55 ANTIHYPERTENSIVE COMBINATIONS
6,313
60,394,103
56 ANGIOTENSIN II INHIBITORS
6,565
67,509,325
58 ANALGESICS
25,312
235,223,007
64 ANTICONVULSANTS
13,851
138,991,780
65 ANTIEMETIC/ANTIVERTIGO AGENTS
2,604
22,912,281
66 ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS
1,266
16,408,060
67 ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES, AND HYPNOTICS
6,688
72,792,784
71 CNS STIMULANTS
4,683
51,584,829
73 MUSCLE RELAXANTS
3,804
36,176,979
80 MISCELLANEOUS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENT
521
4,602,669
82 ANTICOAGULANTS
3,041
34,810,456
83 ANTIPLATELET AGENTS
2,334
23,601,329
88 ANTACIDS
281
2,053,040
90 ANTIDIARRHEALS
410
4,185,861
91 DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
150
1,837,935
94 H2 ANTAGONISTS
2,292
21,052,256
95 LAXATIVES
2,092
17,985,988
96 MISCELLANEOUS GI AGENTS
300
2,770,898
98 ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS
3,221
35,949,042
99 ANTIDIABETIC AGENTS
23,873
215,271,444
101 SEX HORMONES
6,050
84,054,341
103 THYROID HORMONES
10,129
122,475,133
104 IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS
487
4,818,506
116 IRON PRODUCTS
1,620
13,945,336
117 MINERALS AND ELECTROLYTES
2,747
28,789,339
119 VITAMINS
4,765
44,151,844
120 VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMBINATIONS
1,344
11,308,715
123 ANTIHISTAMINES
3,440
28,984,417
124 ANTITUSSIVES
300
3,169,360
125 BRONCHODILATORS
9,906
94,158,283
127 DECONGESTANTS
55
599,445
128 EXPECTORANTS
167
1,358,781
130 RESPIRATORY INHALANT PRODUCTS
1,232
9,824,704
132 UPPER RESPIRATORY COMBINATIONS
959
9,045,578
135 ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDES
178
2,208,570
136 DERMATOLOGICAL AGENTS
5,609
57,130,739
146 MOUTH AND THROAT PRODUCTS
157
1,798,535
147 OPHTHALMIC PREPARATIONS
5,434
52,100,248
148 OTIC PREPARATIONS
272
2,926,256
192 ANTIRHEUMATICS
688
8,916,894
194 ANTIGOUT AGENTS
1,610
17,104,343
219 NUTRACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
640
5,898,288
220 HERBAL PRODUCTS
102
1,430,876
240 LINCOMYCIN DERIVATIVES
267
2,933,055
243 LEUKOTRIENE MODIFIERS
2,653
25,326,688
247 NASAL PREPARATIONS
2,892
29,792,136
249 ANTIDEPRESSANTS
17,837
204,433,821
251 ANTIPSYCHOTICS
3,044
27,976,949
264 URINARY ANTISPASMODICS
1,381
14,514,542
266 MISCELLANEOUS GENITOURINARY TRACT AGENTS
108
1,369,352
272 PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS
11,218
116,706,519
277 5-AMINOSALICYLATES
301
3,078,364
288 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS
990
11,917,820
293 GLUCOSE ELEVATING AGENTS
16
87,427
303 AGENTS FOR PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
275
3,529,395
313 CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS
799
9,008,563
320 SMOKING CESSATION AGENTS
2,108
25,241,607
355 FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDER AGENTS
765
7,222,144
363 PROBIOTICS
6
80,841
378 DRUGS USED IN ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE
81
870,716
397 MULTIKINASE INHIBITORS
41
654,011
406 GLYCOPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS
56
614,772
409 BONE RESORPTION INHIBITORS
1,206
12,598,952
422 ANTITHYROID AGENTS
204
1,658,599
427 TOCOLYTIC AGENTS
11
345,749
437 IMMUNOSTIMULANTS
49
493,278
460 PHOSPHATE BINDERS
65
337,728
488 ANTICOAGULANT REVERSAL AGENTS
17
290,672
TOTAL
319,685
3,254,235,252


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