This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2010

Variable Details

Variablemedbi05
LabelNames of medicines prescribed by doctor
Question text Have you taken/used (name of medicine) in the last 7 days?
Responses
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 4
10200 8
10301 4
10305 53
10402 5
10500 1
10601 1
10602 3
10604 4
20101 2
20201 9
20202 20
20203 3
20204 1
20302 2
20400 34
20503 1
20504 5
20551 52
20552 21
20601 26
20602 30
20603 2
20802 7
20900 57
21001 1
21201 97
21202 8
30101 40
30102 3
30103 2
30105 1
30200 28
30301 3
30302 1
30401 6
30700 1
40101 6
40102 1
40201 3
40301 6
40303 13
40304 3
40501 1
40600 9
40701 45
40702 18
40703 4
40704 2
40801 6
40802 1
40901 5
40903 1
41001 1
41100 1
50101 2
50102 3
50103 2
50105 1
50108 1
50113 1
50200 3
50301 1
60101 11
60121 13
60122 11
60123 2
60201 14
60301 1
60302 1
60401 3
60402 2
60502 1
60601 1
60602 7
70201 2
70301 1
70302 1
70401 3
70402 7
80103 1
80105 1
80202 1
80304 4
90101 7
90102 4
90201 1
90501 7
90602 5
90604 4
90605 1
90607 2
100101 15
100102 2
100103 4
100104 2
100105 2
100202 8
100302 7
110301 1
110402 1
110600 10
110801 7
110802 1
116000 1
120101 1
120201 5
120301 1
130201 12
130202 2
130400 7
131001 1
131002 2
150104 3
999996 17
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Not applicable 13195
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2010
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 2010.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2024 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.