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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-206A CODEBOOK
2018 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: July 27, 2020

Variable Name: RXBEGYRX
Description: YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 4.0
Type: NUM
Start: 75
End: 78

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
511
4,859,333
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
273
2,568,329
-8 DK
37,158
369,170,457
-7 REFUSED
360
5,733,598
-1 INAPPLICABLE
25,283
249,498,311
1945-2019
256,081
2,637,315,194
TOTAL
319,666
3,269,145,222


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