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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC-252
PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK
DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name: BEGRFM3
Description: R3 REFERENCE PERIOD BEGIN DATE: MONTH
Format: 2.0
Type: NUM
Start: 222
End: 223

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-1 INAPPLICABLE
137
6,104,183
1 JANUARY
1
72,403
2 FEBRUARY
6
328,468
3 MARCH
1
43,444
4 APRIL
2
95,546
5 MAY
1
28,930
7 JULY
230
7,674,195
8 AUGUST
3,542
131,533,783
9 SEPTEMBER
2,519
109,049,603
10 OCTOBER
1,258
58,513,627
11 NOVEMBER
484
20,370,478
12 DECEMBER
111
4,782,659
TOTAL
8,292
338,597,320


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