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            | MEPS H67A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2002 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE: November 10, 2004 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RXBEGMM |  
            | Description: | MONTH PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 47 |  
            | End: | 48 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 348 | 2,357,002 |  
            | -8 DK | 9,278 | 70,194,289 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 11 | 80,005 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 256,290 | 2,041,514,931 |  
            | 1-12 | 73,381 | 578,823,652 |  
            | TOTAL | 339,308 | 2,692,969,879 |  
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