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            | MEPS H77A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2003 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE:  October 25, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | RXBEGDD |  
            | Description: | DAY PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 45 |  
            | End: | 46 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED | 144 | 1,238,972 |  
            | -8 DK | 20,339 | 177,381,056 |  
            | -7 REFUSED | 30 | 419,905 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 244,911 | 2,263,026,991 |  
            | 1-31 | 38,900 | 359,445,109 |  
            | TOTAL | 304,324 | 2,801,512,035 |  
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