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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: BEGRFM53
Description: R5/3 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 145
End: 146

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
148
2,565,934
7 JULY
2,345
33,815,408
8 AUGUST
8,186
143,132,010
9 SEPTEMBER
4,712
87,386,274
10 OCTOBER
2,328
44,545,532
11 NOVEMBER
931
17,834,735
12 DECEMBER
269
5,250,380
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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