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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2008

Variable Details

Variablemedbi03
LabelNames of medicines prescribed by doctor 03
Question text Have you taken/used (name of medicine) in the last 7 days?
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 1
10102 13
10200 8
10301 27
10304 6
10305 114
10402 8
10500 5
10601 6
10602 12
10604 9
10605 1
10702 1
20101 18
20102 1
20201 123
20202 34
20203 5
20204 10
20302 9
20400 133
20501 1
20502 7
20504 26
20505 247
20551 4
20601 54
20602 130
20603 7
20801 3
20802 19
20803 1
20900 190
21001 3
21100 3
21200 266
21201 3
21202 2
21300 1
30101 110
30102 16
30103 10
30104 4
30200 77
30300 1
30301 5
30302 9
30400 1
30401 30
30700 2
30901 1
30902 1
40101 19
40102 4
40201 8
40202 1
40203 4
40301 38
40303 44
40304 19
40400 2
40501 2
40502 1
40600 12
40701 139
40702 42
40703 2
40704 16
40801 25
40802 1
40901 6
40902 1
40903 1
41000 1
41100 1
50101 10
50102 2
50103 3
50105 2
50108 3
50112 1
50113 3
50200 1
50301 1
50302 1
50402 1
60101 13
60102 80
60103 1
60105 1
60106 2
60201 55
60202 4
60301 1
60302 7
60401 22
60402 10
60403 2
60602 33
60702 2
70201 2
70202 3
70301 4
70302 16
70401 14
70402 15
70403 3
70405 2
80105 1
80201 1
80202 1
80302 1
80304 7
90101 15
90102 12
90103 2
90202 3
90501 22
90602 9
90604 27
90605 1
90607 1
100101 80
100102 6
100103 10
100104 14
100202 17
100302 1
110301 2
110401 2
110402 1
110600 15
110801 8
110802 2
120101 3
120201 19
120202 3
130201 19
130400 19
130502 3
130601 1
130602 2
130801 2
130900 3
131001 2
131002 1
131004 1
150104 3
830401 1
999996 35
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Item not applicable 19758
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2008
Interviewer InstructionsNURSE: ENTER NAME OF DRUG NO. (1,2,3..etc.). ASK IF YOU CAN SEE THE CONTAINERS FOR ALL PRESCRIBED MEDICINES CURRENTLY BEING TAKEN.IF ASPIRIN, RECORD DOSAGE AS WELL AS NAME. Text: Maximum 30 characters
UniverseAdults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2008.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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