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

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
40
109,399
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
344
3,261,984
-8 DK
41,720
380,820,713
-7 REFUSED
416
4,962,398
-1 INAPPLICABLE
6,738
62,657,559
1945-2022
254,136
2,499,704,823
TOTAL
303,394
2,951,516,876


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