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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 251
2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name: BEGRFM31
Description: R3/1 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 121
End: 122

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
294
2,815,351
1 JANUARY
10,294
198,658,370
2 FEBRUARY
17
332,615
3 MARCH
12
112,090
4 APRIL
8
161,860
5 MAY
3
23,973
6 JUNE
3
29,262
7 JULY
230
3,002,747
8 AUGUST
3,594
52,339,438
9 SEPTEMBER
2,567
43,506,311
10 OCTOBER
1,282
23,489,322
11 NOVEMBER
498
8,153,187
12 DECEMBER
117
1,905,747
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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