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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-213A CODEBOOK
2019 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES
DATE: June 8, 2021

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
24
237,831
-14 NOT YET USED/TAKEN
205
2,288,742
-8 DK
37,057
365,052,365
-7 REFUSED
234
2,869,124
-1 INAPPLICABLE
5,635
56,786,633
1938-2020
249,970
2,658,572,877
TOTAL
293,125
3,085,807,573


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