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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMedBI02
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 1
10102 5
10200 8
10301 11
10304 2
10305 139
10402 2
10501 5
10502 1
10503 3
10601 5
10602 11
10604 8
10901 1
10904 1
20101 12
20201 114
20202 17
20203 3
20251 1
20302 4
20400 121
20501 4
20502 4
20504 17
20551 147
20552 64
20553 1
20601 8
20602 124
20603 6
20604 3
20801 1
20802 13
20900 142
21001 1
21100 2
21200 2
21201 221
21202 15
30100 3
30101 133
30102 13
30103 2
30200 110
30301 5
30302 2
30401 33
30403 1
30700 5
40101 12
40102 4
40201 11
40203 1
40301 38
40303 72
40304 14
40501 1
40600 16
40701 86
40702 44
40703 1
40704 12
40801 25
40901 8
40903 9
41001 1
41002 2
41003 1
41100 1
50101 13
50102 3
50103 4
50105 1
50107 1
50108 2
50113 5
50201 1
50205 4
50301 4
50302 2
50401 1
60101 21
60102 7
60104 1
60105 3
60121 26
60122 33
60123 6
60201 56
60202 1
60301 1
60302 3
60401 21
60402 11
60501 1
60502 2
60602 23
70201 1
70301 26
70302 21
70305 1
70401 23
70402 7
70403 1
70405 2
80105 4
80201 3
80202 3
80204 2
80301 1
80304 4
80342 1
90101 22
90102 16
90501 11
90502 2
90511 1
90602 8
90603 2
90604 44
90607 1
100101 56
100102 4
100103 12
100104 21
100105 1
100202 10
100302 3
110301 1
110401 2
110402 2
110600 11
110801 12
120101 1
120103 2
120201 26
120202 4
120301 1
120302 2
120304 1
130201 18
130400 27
130502 5
130503 2
130601 5
130602 4
130801 1
131001 2
131002 1
131102 1
150104 1
999996 22
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 8339
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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