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            | MEPS H51A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2000 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE:    April 24, 2003 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RXBEGMM |  
            | Description: | MONTH PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 47 |  
            | End: | 48 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 93 | 1,349,979 |  
            | -8 DK | 5,972 | 67,215,350 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 15 | 131,541 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 131,244 | 1,573,581,587 |  
            | 1-12 | 45,353 | 524,655,275 |  
            | TOTAL | 182,677 | 2,166,933,732 |  
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