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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-197A CODEBOOK
2017 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 10, 2019

Variable Name: RXBEGYRX
Description: YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 4.0
Type: NUM
Start: 60
End: 63

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY PERWT17F
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
285
3,324,832
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED
1,852
18,694,925
-8 DK
40,085
406,348,044
-7 REFUSED
533
5,203,440
1940-2018
267,732
2,766,522,287
TOTAL
310,487
3,200,093,528


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