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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 248A CODEBOOK
2023 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 13, 2025

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
1
0
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
189
2,672,270
-8 DK
30,912
436,047,071
-7 REFUSED
224
3,806,337
-1 INAPPLICABLE
3,978
55,746,760
1950-2024
156,971
2,360,148,443
TOTAL
192,275
2,858,420,881


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