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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: BEGRFM42
Description: R4/2 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 133
End: 134

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE
169
2,108,224
1 JANUARY
1,950
29,011,230
2 FEBRUARY
4,818
82,561,924
3 MARCH
4,672
84,085,954
4 APRIL
2,866
51,815,461
5 MAY
2,244
40,575,763
6 JUNE
1,584
32,498,517
7 JULY
589
11,505,576
8 AUGUST
18
149,569
9 SEPTEMBER
5
77,768
10 OCTOBER
3
140,286
11 NOVEMBER
1
0
TOTAL
18,919
334,530,273


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