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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMedBI03
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 1
10102 10
10200 8
10301 15
10304 1
10305 126
10402 2
10500 1
10501 1
10502 1
10503 2
10601 5
10602 6
10604 9
10702 1
10904 1
20101 12
20201 59
20202 28
20203 5
20204 5
20302 2
20400 91
20501 1
20502 2
20504 22
20551 103
20552 39
20600 1
20601 13
20602 86
20603 2
20801 2
20802 11
20803 1
20900 89
21100 1
21201 180
21202 6
30100 1
30101 67
30102 9
30103 3
30105 1
30200 50
30301 6
30302 3
30401 25
30403 1
30700 1
30902 1
40101 5
40102 5
40201 5
40202 1
40301 28
40302 2
40303 44
40304 13
40501 1
40502 1
40600 11
40701 69
40702 33
40703 3
40704 14
40801 28
40901 5
40902 2
41001 2
41003 1
41100 2
50101 5
50102 2
50103 2
50105 4
50108 3
50112 1
50113 2
50301 3
50302 2
50401 1
60101 5
60102 4
60105 3
60121 15
60122 21
60123 9
60201 37
60202 1
60301 1
60302 1
60401 8
60402 10
60501 1
60502 1
60601 1
60602 16
70201 2
70202 1
70301 8
70302 6
70401 14
70402 11
70403 1
70405 4
80102 1
80105 1
80304 3
90101 10
90102 18
90106 1
90202 1
90501 5
90504 1
90602 8
90603 3
90604 28
90605 1
90607 4
100101 44
100102 1
100103 8
100104 8
100105 1
100115 1
100201 1
100202 10
100302 2
110401 1
110402 2
110500 1
110600 13
110801 13
120201 19
120202 2
120301 1
130201 15
130202 1
130400 9
130502 7
130602 1
130700 1
130802 1
131001 2
150200 1
999996 17
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 9112
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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