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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2012

Variable Details

VariableMedBI04
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 7
10200 7
10301 3
10305 72
10402 6
10501 1
10502 1
10601 1
10602 7
10604 10
10702 1
10901 1
20101 4
20201 35
20202 22
20203 3
20204 3
20302 6
20400 49
20501 3
20502 7
20504 10
20551 63
20552 28
20553 1
20601 23
20602 52
20603 6
20802 13
20900 64
21100 1
21200 2
21201 120
21202 9
30100 5
30101 40
30102 6
30103 2
30104 1
30200 25
30301 3
30302 2
30401 13
30700 1
30901 1
40101 6
40102 3
40201 3
40203 2
40301 17
40302 1
40303 19
40304 4
40400 1
40502 1
40600 9
40701 59
40702 22
40704 5
40801 15
40803 1
40901 3
40903 1
41001 1
41100 1
50101 3
50102 2
50103 1
50108 1
50111 1
50113 2
50205 3
50301 1
60101 9
60102 5
60105 4
60121 12
60122 23
60123 3
60201 19
60301 1
60302 1
60401 5
60402 4
60602 8
70201 2
70202 1
70301 2
70302 4
70401 9
70402 11
70403 1
70405 3
80201 2
90101 13
90102 9
90501 3
90602 3
90603 1
90604 14
90607 2
100101 27
100103 5
100104 6
100201 1
100202 11
100302 7
110301 1
110402 1
110600 11
110801 11
120201 12
120202 2
120305 1
130201 17
130202 1
130400 9
130502 1
130503 1
130601 1
130602 2
130900 3
131001 2
131002 1
131003 1
131104 1
999996 6
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 9089
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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