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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMedBI03
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10102 8
10200 10
10301 3
10305 124
10402 2
10501 3
10502 1
10503 3
10601 3
10602 10
10604 12
10904 1
20101 4
20201 54
20202 29
20203 4
20204 2
20302 2
20400 77
20502 3
20504 8
20551 78
20552 31
20553 1
20601 12
20602 73
20603 3
20802 14
20900 86
21201 153
21202 8
30100 3
30101 68
30102 13
30103 3
30200 38
30301 3
30302 8
30401 34
30402 2
30403 1
30700 4
40101 6
40102 3
40201 6
40301 29
40302 1
40303 40
40304 12
40600 8
40701 57
40702 24
40703 3
40704 7
40801 16
40901 7
40902 1
41001 2
41002 1
41100 1
50101 6
50102 1
50103 1
50105 3
50108 1
50109 1
50111 2
50205 3
50301 1
60101 7
60102 9
60105 2
60121 17
60122 37
60123 5
60201 24
60202 2
60302 1
60401 11
60402 6
60602 13
70201 3
70301 6
70302 15
70304 2
70401 11
70402 14
70403 1
80105 4
80201 3
80202 2
80304 5
90101 18
90102 17
90501 9
90602 6
90604 46
90607 4
100101 27
100102 1
100103 9
100104 16
100201 1
100202 9
100302 3
110301 1
110401 3
110402 2
110500 1
110600 16
110801 9
110802 1
120101 2
120201 24
120203 1
120305 1
130201 11
130400 14
130503 2
130602 2
131001 1
131002 1
140400 2
150200 1
999996 3
-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 8374
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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