Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS H26DF1 CODEBOOK

1998 HOSPITAL INPATIENT STAYS FILE

DATE: August 19, 2005

Variable Name:	IPBEGYR
Description:	EVENT START DATE - YEAR (4-DIGIT)
Format:	4.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	53
End:	56

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY WTDPER98
-9 NOT ASCERTAINED	2	19,174
1997	29	258,330
1998	2,558	26,546,966
TOTAL	2,589	26,824,470

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