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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2012

Variable Details

VariableMedBI03
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 1
10102 3
10200 10
10301 8
10305 104
10402 4
10500 1
10501 3
10502 1
10503 3
10601 5
10602 7
10604 7
10702 2
10704 1
10901 1
20101 9
20201 55
20202 18
20203 4
20204 3
20302 3
20400 80
20501 5
20502 1
20504 13
20505 1
20551 83
20552 40
20601 17
20602 77
20603 3
20801 1
20802 15
20900 77
21002 1
21100 2
21201 158
21202 7
30100 3
30101 52
30102 13
30103 5
30200 31
30301 2
30302 10
30401 26
30403 1
30700 1
30902 1
40101 12
40102 4
40201 6
40203 2
40301 28
40303 33
40304 9
40400 1
40600 7
40701 71
40702 27
40703 3
40704 5
40801 19
40901 5
41002 1
50101 3
50102 1
50103 2
50105 1
50112 1
50113 2
50301 3
50402 1
60101 11
60102 8
60105 1
60121 13
60122 25
60123 5
60201 31
60202 2
60302 4
60401 10
60402 5
60501 2
60602 13
60702 1
70201 4
70301 7
70302 10
70401 8
70402 14
70405 4
80101 1
80105 2
80202 2
80304 3
90101 11
90102 15
90201 2
90501 9
90602 1
90604 25
90607 6
100101 38
100102 4
100103 14
100104 8
100105 2
100202 9
100302 3
110401 1
110402 1
110600 16
110801 10
120201 17
120202 1
120203 1
120301 1
120304 1
130201 16
130211 1
130300 2
130400 11
130502 2
130503 2
130601 1
130602 2
130900 1
131000 1
131001 4
131002 1
999996 17
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 8664
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2012
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 2012.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study. The survey is conducted annually.
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