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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-229A CODEBOOK
2021 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 9, 2023

Variable Name: RXBEGMM
Description: MONTH PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 72
End: 74

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
178,242
1,705,137,638
-8 DK
12,263
122,473,589
-7 REFUSED
30
181,000
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,738
62,657,559
1-12
106,121
1,061,067,090
TOTAL
303,394
2,951,516,876


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