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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 248A CODEBOOK
2023 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 13, 2025

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
123,081
1,802,026,154
-8 DK
6,820
100,618,485
-7 REFUSED
12
142,640
-1 INAPPLICABLE
3,978
55,746,760
1-12
58,384
899,886,842
TOTAL
192,275
2,858,420,881


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