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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-257
PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name: BEGRFM3
Description: R3 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 222
End: 223

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
113
5,037,659
1 JANUARY
8
664,557
2 FEBRUARY
8
464,951
4 APRIL
1
117,138
7 JULY
405
12,724,889
8 AUGUST
4,111
150,516,090
9 SEPTEMBER
2,508
100,855,228
10 OCTOBER
1,152
49,162,138
11 NOVEMBER
463
19,262,379
12 DECEMBER
103
4,726,680
TOTAL
8,872
343,531,710


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