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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMedBI01
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 2
10102 11
10200 22
10301 16
10304 1
10305 187
10402 6
10501 10
10502 3
10503 2
10601 2
10602 5
10604 24
10702 1
20101 6
20201 94
20202 16
20203 4
20204 3
20302 12
20400 99
20501 3
20502 4
20504 17
20551 196
20552 55
20601 15
20602 198
20603 2
20604 2
20801 3
20802 50
20900 154
21001 1
21100 5
21200 1
21201 227
21202 9
30101 226
30102 11
30103 2
30105 1
30111 1
30200 80
30301 7
30302 6
30401 54
30403 2
30800 1
30901 2
40101 15
40102 6
40201 8
40203 5
40301 66
40302 3
40303 181
40304 27
40400 8
40501 4
40600 19
40701 113
40702 58
40703 2
40704 31
40801 50
40803 1
40901 9
40902 1
40903 2
41002 5
41003 3
41100 2
50101 35
50102 6
50103 15
50104 2
50105 7
50106 1
50108 6
50111 5
50112 2
50113 2
50201 4
50202 1
50205 1
50301 4
50302 3
50401 1
60101 30
60102 9
60105 2
60121 11
60122 79
60123 2
60201 169
60202 6
60301 3
60302 5
60401 44
60402 5
60501 3
60502 5
60601 1
60602 37
70101 1
70200 1
70201 2
70202 1
70301 135
70302 92
70401 27
70402 14
70405 1
80105 2
80201 3
80202 6
80204 1
80304 20
80341 1
90101 32
90102 17
90107 1
90111 1
90201 2
90501 7
90601 2
90602 12
90604 54
90607 6
100101 84
100102 8
100103 24
100104 35
100105 1
100202 11
100302 5
110301 1
110401 3
110600 25
110801 9
120101 1
120103 1
120201 19
120202 1
120302 2
130201 34
130400 38
130502 8
130503 3
130601 7
130602 23
130900 2
131001 3
131002 2
131202 1
150104 1
999996 29
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 7172
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2013
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
UniverseLocation of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2013.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.
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