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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 239A CODEBOOK
2022 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: July 1, 2024

Variable Name: RXBEGYRX
Description: YEAR PERSON STARTED TAKING MEDICINE
Format: 4.0
Type: NUM
Start: 75
End: 78

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
5
0
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
240
2,816,226
-8 DK
35,820
415,248,399
-7 REFUSED
302
4,468,925
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,242
58,462,228
1950-2023
190,996
2,358,117,692
TOTAL
232,605
2,839,113,471


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