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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-220A CODEBOOK
2020 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 1, 2022

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
85
148,964
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
259
3,035,650
-8 DK
34,650
353,849,298
-7 REFUSED
313
3,204,768
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,182
63,161,604
1940-2021
238,266
2,582,981,016
TOTAL
279,755
3,006,381,300


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