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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMedBI04
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 3
10200 8
10301 6
10305 97
10402 3
10501 2
10503 1
10601 3
10602 7
10604 8
10702 1
10901 1
20101 4
20200 1
20201 40
20202 16
20203 1
20204 3
20302 3
20400 75
20502 2
20504 16
20505 1
20551 68
20552 39
20601 12
20602 52
20603 1
20604 1
20801 2
20802 14
20900 76
21100 2
21200 3
21201 130
21202 10
30100 2
30101 44
30102 12
30103 2
30105 2
30200 34
30301 3
30302 3
30401 19
30700 3
40101 5
40102 1
40201 4
40301 19
40303 25
40304 4
40400 1
40600 3
40701 66
40702 33
40703 2
40704 9
40801 15
40803 1
40901 5
40903 1
41001 1
41100 1
50101 5
50102 1
50103 1
50105 1
50108 1
50111 1
50113 1
50301 1
50302 2
60101 9
60102 2
60104 1
60105 2
60121 19
60122 35
60123 3
60201 14
60302 3
60401 5
60402 8
60602 11
70201 1
70301 2
70302 3
70401 10
70402 6
70405 2
80201 1
80202 2
80304 1
90101 6
90102 4
90501 8
90602 4
90604 22
90607 4
100101 21
100103 8
100104 4
100105 1
100201 1
100202 12
100302 6
110401 2
110402 2
110500 1
110600 12
110801 13
120101 1
120103 1
120201 13
120301 1
120305 1
130201 19
130400 13
130502 5
130503 1
130602 1
130801 1
150103 1
999996 17
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 9588
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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