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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 254A CODEBOOK
2024 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 4, 2026

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
126,778
1,821,732,988
-8 DK
7,549
111,888,925
-7 REFUSED
12
106,076
-1 INAPPLICABLE
4,507
65,171,288
1-12
65,704
1,030,550,960
TOTAL
204,550
3,029,450,238


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