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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMedBI01
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 4
10200 17
10301 14
10304 1
10305 177
10402 3
10500 1
10501 9
10502 1
10503 2
10601 2
10602 6
10604 19
10904 4
20101 4
20201 74
20202 14
20203 4
20204 4
20302 13
20400 90
20501 3
20502 7
20504 13
20551 129
20552 62
20601 5
20602 169
20603 5
20604 2
20801 1
20802 45
20900 127
21100 3
21201 221
21202 6
30100 1
30101 194
30102 6
30105 1
30200 78
30301 7
30302 5
30401 55
30403 1
30600 1
30700 3
30901 1
40101 8
40102 4
40201 15
40202 2
40203 6
40301 78
40302 3
40303 140
40304 37
40400 11
40600 13
40701 109
40702 45
40703 2
40704 32
40801 68
40802 1
40803 1
40901 8
40903 5
41001 1
41002 3
41003 1
41100 2
50101 35
50102 2
50103 10
50105 6
50108 7
50111 2
50112 2
50113 5
50201 2
50205 2
50301 2
50302 1
50303 1
50401 1
60101 31
60102 3
60105 4
60106 1
60121 17
60122 77
60123 3
60201 141
60202 7
60301 1
60302 9
60401 35
60402 5
60501 1
60502 1
60602 27
60701 1
70101 1
70201 2
70202 1
70301 138
70302 129
70304 8
70305 3
70401 23
70402 14
70403 1
70405 2
80101 2
80103 2
80105 5
80201 2
80202 4
80204 2
80302 1
80304 14
90101 34
90102 16
90103 3
90106 1
90501 6
90502 1
90602 9
90603 1
90604 67
90605 1
90607 4
100101 76
100102 5
100103 24
100104 35
100201 1
100202 11
100302 2
110301 4
110401 5
110402 4
110600 26
110801 13
110802 1
120101 4
120103 1
120201 29
120202 4
120301 1
120302 3
120305 2
130201 27
130202 2
130400 33
130502 9
130503 3
130601 7
130602 6
130700 1
130801 1
131001 4
131002 1
131200 1
999996 6
-9 Refused 0
-8 Don't know 0
-7 Refused/not obtained 0
-6 Schedule not obtained 0
-2 Schedule not applicable 0
-1 Not applicable 6580
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationHealth Survey for England, 2014
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 2014.
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually.
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