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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2013

Variable Details

VariableMedBI05
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 11
10200 3
10301 4
10305 66
10402 2
10501 2
10601 1
10602 7
10604 10
20101 5
20201 21
20202 17
20203 6
20204 1
20302 2
20400 31
20501 2
20502 1
20504 12
20551 63
20552 21
20601 19
20602 28
20603 5
20801 3
20802 7
20900 47
21200 1
21201 94
21202 13
30101 36
30102 8
30103 1
30200 16
30301 3
30302 5
30401 13
30700 2
30902 1
40101 3
40102 3
40201 2
40301 10
40302 1
40303 17
40304 5
40600 6
40601 1
40701 55
40702 19
40704 5
40801 12
40901 4
41003 1
41100 1
50102 1
50106 1
50108 1
50111 1
60101 12
60102 7
60105 1
60112 1
60121 17
60122 33
60201 15
60202 1
60301 1
60302 2
60401 6
60402 11
60501 1
60602 11
70201 2
70301 1
70401 12
70402 6
70403 1
70405 3
80201 2
80304 2
90101 13
90102 13
90501 6
90502 1
90602 1
90604 8
90607 3
100101 19
100102 2
100103 8
100104 2
100201 1
100202 9
100302 2
110401 1
110600 11
110801 7
120201 14
120202 3
120305 1
130201 9
130400 11
130502 2
130503 1
130602 2
130900 1
999996 9
-9 No answer/refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-1 Item not applicable 9933
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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