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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Health Survey for England, 2014

Variable Details

VariableMedBI04
LabelDrug code of medicines prescribed by doctor
Responses
0 No 0
1 Yes 0
10101 3
10102 6
10200 11
10301 9
10305 81
10402 1
10503 1
10601 3
10602 5
10604 11
10702 2
10901 1
10904 1
20101 5
20201 29
20202 27
20203 5
20204 2
20302 1
20400 46
20500 1
20501 5
20502 3
20504 8
20551 71
20552 36
20601 14
20602 56
20603 6
20801 2
20802 5
20900 60
21100 1
21201 99
21202 7
30100 2
30101 43
30102 4
30103 2
30200 25
30301 4
30302 4
30401 19
30403 2
30600 1
30700 6
30901 2
31000 1
40101 3
40102 6
40201 4
40301 17
40303 29
40304 11
40400 1
40600 11
40701 60
40702 17
40703 1
40704 9
40801 9
40802 2
40901 4
41100 1
50101 4
50102 1
50103 1
50105 1
50108 2
60101 7
60102 7
60121 9
60122 23
60123 8
60201 26
60202 1
60301 1
60302 2
60401 4
60402 2
60602 12
70201 2
70301 5
70302 8
70304 1
70401 13
70402 11
70403 1
80104 1
80105 1
80201 1
80304 3
90101 11
90102 11
90103 3
90201 2
90501 2
90502 1
90602 3
90603 3
90604 26
90607 2
100101 25
100102 1
100103 3
100104 8
100202 14
100302 1
110301 1
110600 14
110801 13
120103 1
120201 14
130201 9
130202 1
130400 17
130502 2
130602 2
130900 1
131001 1
150104 1
999996 4
-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 8801
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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