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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: BEGRFM31
Description: R3/1 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 121
End: 122

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
341
2,446,182
1 JANUARY
9,910
188,932,871
2 FEBRUARY
17
333,236
3 MARCH
11
227,572
4 APRIL
7
159,902
5 MAY
5
123,267
6 JUNE
3
65,135
7 JULY
407
5,613,012
8 AUGUST
4,157
65,777,015
9 SEPTEMBER
2,534
44,247,976
10 OCTOBER
1,175
21,427,768
11 NOVEMBER
464
8,416,132
12 DECEMBER
109
2,027,561
TOTAL
19,140
339,797,630


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